Overview

Wearable devices are commonly/increasingly used by our patients but what promise do they hold? Useful technology or expensive step counters? What does the medical literature tell us about them? And what does the future hold? 

Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Understand capabilities of some portable or wearable devices related to medicine
• identify some clinical scenarios where this technology can be leveraged
• Appreciate some proven and unproven uses by looking at medical literature has to say about these devices
• have a more informed interaction/discussion with patients who are using them
• Better incorporate this technology for patient care and safety