The Value of Smartwatches in the Health Care Sector for Monitoring, Nudging, and Predicting: Viewpoint on 25 Years of Research

• Main Authors: Charlotte Köhler (Author), Alexander Bartschke (Author), Daniel Fürstenau (Author), Thorsten Schaaf (Author), Eduardo Salgado-Baez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 particul...