Wearable health technologies are vastly popular with people wanting to improve their physical and mental health.
Wearable health technologies are vastly popular with people wanting to improve their physical and mental health. Everything from exercise, sleep patterns, calories consumed and heart rhythms can be tracked by a wearable device.
But timely and accurate data is also especially valuable for doctors treating patients with complicated health conditions using virtual care.
A new study from the Southern Medical Program (SMP), based at UBC Okanagan, has examined the use of wearable health technology and telehealth to treat patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Dr. Daryl Wile, a movement disorder specialist and SMP clinical assistant professor, routinely uses telehealth to connect with Parkinson’s patients across the vast and rugged landscape of BC’s Interior.
Read more at University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus
Image: UBC Okanagan researchers are using wearable technology to help track the involuntary movements of Parkinson’s patients. (Credit: istock image)
