Why doctors are worried about the Apple Watch EKG
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/8/18172132/apple-watch-ekg-electrocardiogram-health-science
The latest Apple Watch features an advanced heart-monitoring technology called electrocardiogram (EKG) that can tell you if there’s something off about your heart rhythm. Good news for our health, right?
Not exactly, doctors say. This might be a case where more data is not better. In fact, more data might lead perfectly healthy people to make unnecessary doctors’ visits that strain our health care system.
Why doctors are worried about the Apple Watch EKG
Jan 8, 2019, 3:35pm UTC
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/8/18172132/apple-watch-ekg-electrocardiogram-health-science
> The latest Apple Watch features an advanced heart-monitoring technology called electrocardiogram (EKG) that can tell you if there’s something off about your heart rhythm. Good news for our health, right?
> Not exactly, doctors say. This might be a case where more data is not better. In fact, more data might lead perfectly healthy people to make unnecessary doctors’ visits that strain our health care system.