The rise of consumer health wearables:promises and barriers

Piwek, Lukasz and Ellis, David Alexander and Andrews, Sally and Joinson, Adam (2016) The rise of consumer health wearables:promises and barriers. PLoS Medicine, 13 (2). ISSN 1549-1277

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001953

Abstract

•Consumer wearables can provide patients with personalized health data, which could assist with self-diagnosis and behaviour change interventions. • There are a number of concerns about the safety, reliability and security of using consumer wearables in healthcare. • Practitioners and researchers should consider how these technological advances may impact healthcare in the 21st century.

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Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

PLoS Medicine

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© 2016 Piwek et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > Psychology

ID Code:

77427

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Deposited On:

06 Jan 2016 13:04

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Yes

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Published

Last Modified:

15 Sep 2023 00:23

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https://eprints-dev.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/77427