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What health or lifestyle wearable applications have you used?

Posted by Haley for Samsung 2016-12-19T20:21:13Z
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Earlier this year a survey released by Salesforce Opens a new window highlighted not only how wide the disconnect between excitement around wearables and their actual use is, but also shed light on massive opportunities for improved connections and outcomes for both patients and providers.

There has been a slew of new reimbursement models, regulations, advancements in telemedicine and wearable devices that we’ve seen explode onto the healthcare scene in the past few years. There are heart rate monitors and step trackers as well as mobile pharmacy apps, smart pill dispensers and other new technology that aims to transform the healthcare and pharmacy experience.

However, people have traditionally shown a preference for the lifestyle apps including fitness, nutrition and heart rate aids, and have been much slower to adopt disease management tools.

So SpiceHeads, I'm curious to see what wearable technology everyone has actually tried.  Whether you tried something for personal lifestyle reasons or as part of a health initiative, what have you tried out and what was your experience with it?

What health or lifestyle wearable applications have you used?

27 votes by 13 users
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  • Step tracking

    9 votes (33%)

  • Heart rate

    9 votes (33%)

  • Sleep tracking

    7 votes (26%)

  • Over My Dead Body

    2 votes (7%)

  • Perscription alerts

    0 votes (0%)

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  • Not until this new industry does a much better job of protecting my privacy and security.

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  • I have to agree, I haven't yet tried any healthcare apps of this nature that could include any sensitive information of mine. I have used the step trackers more out of pure interest in seeing how much I walk on a daily basis and as no sensitive personal info is tied into them. I like the idea but security is definitely still a top concern with these.

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  • Silly IT never thinks of healthy things(Please excuse me) to do or to use, they always think of protecting their privacy and security.

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  • I'm late to the party; I use a Garmin device, because I run...a lot.  I like to track my mileage, which is about my only real interest in it.  Side benefit, it also tracks my sleep patterns and heart rate.  

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  • skymut wrote:

    I'm late to the party; I use a Garmin device, because I run...a lot.  I like to track my mileage, which is about my only real interest in it.  Side benefit, it also tracks my sleep patterns and heart rate.  

    I've been looking for something that can also track sleep patterns with some real accuracy so I may give this a try!
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  • Haley for Samsung wrote:

    skymut wrote:

    I'm late to the party; I use a Garmin device, because I run...a lot.  I like to track my mileage, which is about my only real interest in it.  Side benefit, it also tracks my sleep patterns and heart rate.  

    I've been looking for something that can also track sleep patterns with some real accuracy so I may give this a try!
    Well, if you are like me, you will get confirmation of what you suspect. Which is you may sleep 6/7 hours but only get 1.5/2 hours of deep sleep. 
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  • skymut wrote:

    Well, if you are like me, you will get confirmation of what you suspect. Which is you may sleep 6/7 hours but only get 1.5/2 hours of deep sleep. 
    Oh I'm certain I won't love the results, and I'm sure mine will be similar but I am interested to know either way! 
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