Can your fitness tracker save your life in the ER?
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Emergency physicians used a patient's personal activity tracker and smartphone to identify the time his heart arrhythmia started, which allowed them to treat his new-onset atrial fibrillation with electrical cardioversion and discharge him home. This was the first case report using information in an activity tracker/smartphone system to assist in medical decision-making.