Health Wearables and Connected Devices — Continuous Patient Monitoring

What Is Health Wearables?

Health Wearables are connected devices worn on the body that continuously collect health data. They include smartwatches (measuring heart rate, ECG, and SpO2), continuous glucose monitors (CGM), blood pressure cuffs, and activity trackers. Brands like Apple Health, Fitbit, and Garmin have popularized these devices among consumers, but their clinical use is growing rapidly.

Data generated by wearables is transmitted to mobile applications and, through integration APIs, can feed into the patient's electronic health record. This connection between the patient's device and the hospital information system is key to enabling remote patient monitoring and mHealth.

Wearables are playing an increasingly important role in chronic disease management, decentralized clinical trials, and preventive medicine. The combination of continuous data with artificial intelligence enables the detection of abnormal patterns before the patient presents obvious symptoms.

Why It Matters in Healthcare

• Continuous data: Unlike point-in-time measurements at the clinic, wearables capture data around the clock, revealing patterns that would otherwise go unnoticed.
• Chronic disease management: Patients with diabetes, hypertension, or arrhythmias benefit from constant monitoring of their vital parameters.
• Early detection: Algorithms applied to wearable data can alert to atrial fibrillation, sleep apnea, or falls.
• Clinical trials: Wearables enable remote data collection from participants, reducing in-person visits.
• Patient empowerment: Access to their own data motivates patients to adopt healthier habits.
• Telehealth integration: Wearable data complements virtual consultations with objective patient information.

How Davix Relates to Health Wearables

• The Davix platform is designed to incorporate data from connected devices into the patient's clinical record, supporting comprehensive remote monitoring.
• The Davix HIS can receive wearable data through APIs, integrating it into the clinical workflow so physicians and nurses can view it alongside the rest of the patient's information.
• Davix+ acts as an intermediary between the patient's wearables and the medical team, facilitating health data transmission.
• Integration with the Physician Platform allows wearable data to trigger alerts and video consultations when out-of-range values are detected.

Learn how Davix integrates connected devices at the HIS product page.