How Consumer-Facing Devices Change Health Management and Delivery

Embarking on a journey into the future of health care shaped by technological advances and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we delve into the transformative landscape shaped by the integration of wearable technology, medically regulated devices, and advanced software. The ability to offer consumers unprecedented access to vital signs, advanced biomarkers, and environmental data enables a host of new capabilities to fill gaps in existing knowledge and permit individualized insights and education. Continuous monitoring enables individualized insights, emphasizing the need for a redefinition of health and human performance that is decentralized, dynamic, and personalized. The challenge lies in managing the massive amounts of continuous wearable data, necessitating new definitions of health data and secure practices.