The Apple Watch has been told that many functions have saved people's lives, such as ECG apps and fall detection.However, Apple's concept that Apple Watch will become a "future of health" is due to delay in accepting the medical community, and it is unable to propose care that is suitable for that person.It has been reported that realization may be many years ahead.
The Financial Times articles deal in detail the difficulty of incorporating Apple Watch into daily patients' care.Some of them are testimony that Apple Watch is a larger scale and the future of improving user health is still ahead.
In recent years, Apple Watch and other wearable devices can collect a lot of useful data, and in some cases have reached clinical grades (test levels at medical institutions), but most doctors have to use them.That's right.For example, clinical psychologist Michael Breus 99.9%of medical professionals have not yet looked at them.
Dr. Steven Leboef, a co -founder of Valencell, a biometric company in the United States, says that the use of those wearable equipment is difficult to accept in the medical industry."(FDA/US Food and Pharmaceutical Bureau) has approved and the doctor must accept it, and it is necessary to get a reward for it. This is a long way. It's not as easy as I thought."。
Another problem is how to use the biological data collected by Apple Watch.Virta Health CEO Sami Inkinen commented that providing data without a proposal for personalized care (optimized for each user) is not enough to improve health.
Inkinen compares the current Apple Watch to "selling a scale."In other words, "It's not so difficult to teach what percentage of you are." "But how to actually change your lifestyle, lower your blood sugar, or lose weight.Is it completely lacking in Apple Watch? "
Furthermore, the survey has shown that many Apple Watch users are already healthy and energetic.Therefore, the target market of this product may not include the most benefit of Apple Watch.
Nevertheless, some doctors say that Apple Watch can be used for both patient care and research.According to the CDC (US Disease Prevention Management Center), chronic diseases are "major factors" for medical expenses of $ 3.8 trillion (about 437 trillion yen) in the United States, and chronic diseases generally exercise.This is because it can be prevented by eating, early detection, etc.
For example, Harvard University researcher Mahalingaiah conducted a large -scale study to track 70,000 women's ovulation cycle using Apple Watch new and old models.Ochsner Health's Dr. Richard Milani uses wearable devices to collect huge data and use AI to predict what people can easily fall.Milani admits that "ordinary doctors are not doing this."
Apple has added a new health -related feature to the Apple Watch every year, but it takes a long time for it to be adopted in the medical field.ECG (ECG), which has notified many people overseas to prevent tragedy, is also approved in Japan, even though it is installed in the Apple Watch Series 4, which is released in 2018.It was 2020.
Even if the government's permission is required because it is directly connected to the human body, it may contribute to the life and medical expenses that should be saved, and it is likely that a quicker response will be desired.
Source: Financial Times
VIA: Appleinsider
