ArticleEJIFCC2026
Opinion Paper: Smartwatches in Healthcare: Revolutionizing Health or Creating Data Confusion?
Article in EJIFCC, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
Smartwatches have gained significant attention for their role in advancing digital health interventions and enhancing wellbeing. These modern technologies have the potential to revolutionize patient care by making healthcare more accessible and personalized. By promoting preventive care, shifting services from hospitals to communities, and transitioning from analog to digital healthcare systems, smartwatches can help individuals stay healthier and reduce hospital visits. A key aspect of this transformation is the integration of smartwatch data into a unified patient record, ensuring comprehensive access to health information. However, with over 20 smartwatch manufacturers, offering multiple models with diverse health-monitoring capabilities, critical questions arise: What data is collected? How is it stored? Should any of it be integrated into medical records? Beyond the risks of data misuse for financial purposes, persistent challenges include ensuring accuracy, reliability, and standardization. A recent IFCC best practice publication on incorporating patient-generated health data into Electronic Health Records (EHRs) [1] highlights essential questions that must be addressed before smartwatch data can contribute meaningfully to healthcare. This paper explores these issues, weighing the potential benefits of smartwatches against the complexities of data integration and management.
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