ReviewJournal of medical Internet research2024
The Value of Smartwatches in the Health Care Sector for Monitoring, Nudging, and Predicting: Viewpoint on 25 Years of Research.
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Advances and Challenges in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026Review
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- Opinion Paper: Smartwatches in Healthcare: Revolutionizing Health or Creating Data Confusion?EJIFCC · 2026Article
- Secure IoMT smartwatch-based blood glucose monitoring using multimodal activity and nutrition data with transfer learning.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Smartwatch and physical education exam stress: the role of exercise self-efficacy and physical self-concept.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Bridging the gap: technology-driven solutions to overcome food insecurity and improve nutrition access for older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Patient engagement with consumer wearable devices in the electronic health record.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
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- Transformative Impact of the Internet on the Boundaries for the Physician Profession: Why Materiality Matters.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Establishing Hemodynamic Convergence Framework for Coronary Digital Twins Under Realistic Dynamic Heart Rates.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2025Article
- Smartwatches in childhood: a mixed blessing?-a scoping review.Translational pediatrics · 2025Review
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Abstract
We propose a categorization of smartwatch use in the health care sector into 3 key functional domains: monitoring, nudging, and predicting. Monitoring involves using smartwatches within medical treatments to track health data, nudging pertains to individual use for health purposes outside a particular medical setting, and predicting involves using aggregated user data to train machine learning algorithms to predict health outcomes. Each domain offers unique contributions to health care, yet there is a lack of nuanced discussion in existing research. This paper not only provides an overview of recent technological advancements in consumer smartwatches but also explores the 3 domains in detail, culminating in a comprehensive summary that anticipates the future value and impact of smartwatches in health care. By dissecting the interconnected challenges and potentials, this paper aims to enhance the understanding and effective deployment of smartwatches in value-based health care.
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