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By Jack Beaudoin & Gen LeFebvre
When consumer wearables first came to market, many hospitals and health systems resisted the technology and questioned the value of patient-generated health data (PGHD). Their concerns were legitimate. Facing a new ecosystem of technology, providers lacked confidence in the new inputs: Would wearables bring quality data? Would the influx of information disrupt workflows? How exactly would providers be compensated for their time in relation to the data? How would they apply it to their practice in a sustainable, meaningful way?
Much has changed in the last decade. Some myths around PGHD have been debunked while healthy skepticism and improved technology continue to push the conversation forward. As a result, according to one recent survey, hospitals and health systems are no longer questioning the value – or desire – for PGHD. In fact, they are demanding it.
In “The Role of Wearables and PGHD in the Care Delivery Continuum,” a recent HIMSS Media report sponsored by Fitbit, 79 percent of respondents agreed that they would like to have more data about patients in between encounters and 72 percent agreed that they need PGHD to make good decisions on chronic disease management. Read more
Published at HealthcareITNews.com.
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Note: Cor-authored with Gen LeFebvre
