How have you incorporated wearables such as fitness trackers, smartwatches, or sleep monitors into your practice?
How have you used data from wearables to inform treatment changes? Are there particular types or brands you recommend to patients? Have you experienced any challenges with accuracy, cost, or privacy?
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Do you incorporate data from patient's wearable technology into your clinic visits?
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Psychiatry · LifeStance Health
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While pulse may be accurate on some devices, blood pressure and sleep data are notoriously inaccurate, and I would not include those. There is a great Curbsiders podcast about hypertension and measuring blood pressure properly that addresses the disadvantages of wearables for this purpose.
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