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August 5, 2025

Patient Use of mHealth Wearable Devices and their Impact on Healthcare Utilization (Preprint)

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IBIndranil R. BardhanGCGari D. CliffordMBMujeeb Basit

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Overview

Analysis reveals wearable devices reduce outpatient visits in patients with cardiovascular disease, suggesting new engagement strategies.

Key Points

  • Patients experienced a significant reduction in outpatient visits during the study, indicating changes in healthcare utilization.
  • The study found an increase in medication refills and medical procedures linked to the use of wearable devices for health monitoring.
  • Analysis combined data from wearable devices and electronic health records (EHR) tracking over 1,500 health encounters across two years.
  • Machine learning models demonstrated that physiological data like heart rate and sleep significantly predict future healthcare encounters.

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Bardhan et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af408ecf1dd9ea359ec045https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.81922
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