VIDEO: Wearable devices will need to be comfortable, fashionable

ByRod S. Passman, MD

Fact checked byRichard Smith

Key takeaways:

Wearable sensor technologies will play an important role in the gathering of health information in the future.
Wearable devices must be comfortable and fashionable if they are to achieve widespread adoption.

In this Healio video exclusive, Rod S. Passman, MD, discusses takeaways from a session on sensor technology that was part of the Heart Rhythm Society’s HRX meeting on digital health advancements.

An underappreciated aspect of the movement toward wearable sensor technologies is that people want them to be comfortable and fashionable, said Passman, who is director of the Center for Arrhythmia Research, the Jules J. Reingold Professor of Electrophysiology and professor of medicine (cardiology) and preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Many devices generating health data in the future “will be worn,” he said. “It’s important that it be fashionable, that people are able to wear it and incorporate it into their lives. Longevity and ease of use is also going to be important as we move forward.”

Watch the video for more.

Reference:

Passman R, et al. Is sensor technology the fashion of the future? Presented at: HRX 2023; Sept. 21-23; Seattle.

Published by:

Sources/Disclosures

Collapse

Source:

Healio Interviews

Disclosures: Passman reports receiving research support from the American Heart Association, Apple and the NIH and consulting for Abbott, Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic.

Heart Rhythm Society

Read more

VIDEO: Wearable devices will need to be comfortable, fashionable

Key takeaways:

Reference:

Related Content