Smartphone

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PARIS — A mobile app using photoplethysmography via smartwatch technology successfully identified individuals in China with suspected atrial fibrillation, and a majority of those identified as having AF were successfully anticoagulated after follow-up with clinicians, according to the results of the HUAWEI Heart Study.

PARIS — A strategy of tailored behavioral communication combined with smartphone technology implemented by community health workers conferred improvements in linkage to care for patients with elevated BP, but did not appear to yield a statistically significant improvement in BP reduction.

Digital games may be more effective for stress recovery than mindfulness apps, according to study results published in JMIR Mental Health.

The use of a novel smartphone-based technology — transdermal optical imaging — to measure BP fell within 5 mm Hg of reference measurements in adults who were normotensive, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.