[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":433},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-health-equity-in-the-ai-and-digital-health-era-promise-or-peril":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":189,"relatedBooks":337},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":36,"project_category":45,"contact_email_category":48,"yst_prominent_words":49,"class_list":55,"better_featured_image":77,"acf":119,"yoast_meta":134,"_links":136},51051,"2026-07-27T15:05:43","2026-07-27T13:05:43",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=51051&_wpnonce=97a14c9231&status=auto-draft&type=post","2026-07-27T15:05:45","2026-07-27T13:05:45","health-equity-in-the-ai-and-digital-health-era-promise-or-peril","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhealth-equity-in-the-ai-and-digital-health-era-promise-or-peril",{"rendered":17},"Health Equity In The AI And Digital Health Era: Promise Or Peril?",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>Will digital health and\u002For artificial intelligence improve health equity? This is one of the questions I most often get. Despite its seemingly straightforward nature, the answer isn’t a simple yes or no. As this is going to be a lengthy analysis, here is the TL;DR summary: yes, digital health and AI will eventually very likely improve health equity. But it will take time; and during this transition period, it might even temporarily widen the gap. What is important to understand is that health equity through digital health is not a technological matter. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the long term, the critical question we need to answer is: does the introduction of technologies into healthcare, as part of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this cultural revolution\u003C\u002Fa>, increase or decrease people’s access to healthcare?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, the introduction of technology should enhance access to healthcare. It assumes repetitive tasks, expedites onboarding for patients (making it simpler and quicker for them to receive aid from the moment a problem arises), and consequently liberates human resources, which has long been the healthcare systems’ bottleneck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, the caveat here is that these advantages will only be accessible to those who can access the technology. \u003Cstrong>Thus, the health equity gap is fundamentally a tech gap\u003C\u002Fstrong>. And this tech gap is in itself a wealth and an education gap. Therefore, at the end of the day, we are confronted with an enormously profound social issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>My team and I are working on the first part: facilitating a world where health equity issues are addressed through technology, which I believe is the most effective approach. But I\u002Fwe don’t have the means to influence the second part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In this \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-digital-health-widen-or-close-the-health-inequity-gap\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earlier analysis of digital health equity\u003C\u002Fa>, I defined health equity as the state of affairs when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Imagine that digital health terminates the zip-code lottery\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Ideally, we all should live in a world where your health isn’t determined by your zip code, the amount of wealth you possess, or your level of education. Technology – specifically, digital health and artificial intelligence (AI) – is the principal architect of this equitable health utopia. Sounds fascinating, doesn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, transforming this vision into reality is a complex challenge. Technology’s role in healthcare can both enhance and potentially limit people’s access to healthcare services. Let’s explore this paradox further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While we can work diligently to enhance health equity via technology, addressing wealth and education gaps, critical prerequisites for effective technology adoption, is beyond our immediate control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>To put it bluntly, no matter how advanced the cardiological screening features are on the latest smartwatches, they are useless if their price exceeds an individual’s \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fworldpopulationreview.com\u002Fcountry-rankings\u002Fmedian-income-by-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cstrong>monthly or even annual wage\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cstrong>. The theoretical promise of an early alarm will never become a reality.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Can your smartwatch send you to the hospital?\" class=\"wp-image-30731\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to relate to this challenge? \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The complex nature of this problem becomes obvious if you try to understand how different actors think about this phenomenon and what solutions they propose. Depending on where the specific stakeholder stands, their point of view – and their suggestions will be radically different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, the consulting firm, McKinsey, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mckinsey.com\u002Findustries\u002Flife-sciences\u002Four-insights\u002Fdigital-health-an-opportunity-to-advance-health-equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analyses the issue from a business angle\u003C\u002Fa>, offering accurate insights and valuable tips for companies grappling with this issue. However, these insights don’t mitigate the challenges faced by those who can’t afford the technology or services.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The World Health Organization (WHO) posits this challenge as a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Feurope\u002Fpublications\u002Fi\u002Fitem\u002FWHO-EURO-2022-6810-46576-67595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">digital health literacy issue\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While this is also correct, we need to take a step back as people do need the technology to use it, and if they don’t, their skill (or lack) of digital health literacy makes no difference. However, I like this conclusion from the WHO: “Yet a focus on digital approaches may inadvertently widen existing inequities in health if known inequalities in access, use and engagement with digital technology are not considered and addressed.” Also interesting is WHO’s conclusion that most studies do not take the complex nature of digital health equity into account and typically observe just one variable. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fbooks\u002FNBK580635\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">textbook chapter\u003C\u002Fa> also handles the case by focusing on the tech side – which again creates the same vacuum: we are leaving people without tech behind. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In response, several digital health equity frameworks have been proposed, such as the one presented in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-022-00663-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nature Digital Medicine in 2022\u003C\u002Fa>. These frameworks underscore the digital determinants of health, which play a significant role in amplifying or mitigating health disparities in the digital age. For instance, an individual without a reliable internet connection or access to a device cannot benefit from the digital health revolution, regardless of how patient-centric or well-designed the healthcare application might be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_279-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35099\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_279-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_279-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_279-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_279-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Some projects are attempting to bridge the digital divide. For example, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.miragenews.com\u002Fgood-things-happening-to-support-digital-health-531756\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">digital health literacy initiative\u003C\u002Fa>, funded by the Australian Digital Health Agency, has trained and resourced 232 digital health mentors. Through their “Health My Way” program, community organizations teach digital health literacy skills, improving digital inclusion. As a result, 80% of participants reported increased digital health literacy skills and confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Many lives and percentage points of GDP are at stake\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The stakes of health inequity are high, and the socioeconomic implications are substantial. According to a report by the World Economic Forum in 2019, poor health costs the U.S. economy about $3.2 trillion per year from premature deaths and the loss of productive potential associated with diseases. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mckinsey.com\u002Fmgi\u002Foverview\u002Fin-the-news\u002Fpoor-health-reduces-global-gdp-by-15-percent-each-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This report estimated\u003C\u002Fa> that poor health reduces global GDP by 15% each year. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On the flip side, equalizing healthcare access and quality has healthful effects on the economy at large. Digital technology could narrow the health equity gap by simplifying complex medical processes and removing travel barriers to healthcare access.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Figures indicate that underrepresented and\u002For disadvantaged (poor, rural, minority, women, LGBTQ, etc) groups have significantly less access to all the cutting-edge solutions digital health offers. Thus the gap is not only not closing, but it’s rather further widening right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F04\u002FAI-bias-768x432.png\" alt=\"AI bias algorithm artificial intelligence people patients race population\" class=\"wp-image-41809\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F04\u002FAI-bias-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F04\u002FAI-bias-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F04\u002FAI-bias-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F04\u002FAI-bias-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F04\u002FAI-bias.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With the right policies, incentives, subsidies and education, digital health will aid these underrepresented groups, and not just them. It could also help with problems like the “diagnostic odyssey,” a term that describes the long, often arduous journey that individuals with rare conditions undertake before they meet the right specialist. According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, this odyssey averages five years in the United States. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We need money, money and goodwill in policies\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>All things considered, we can conclude that, in theory, digital health and AI offer significant potential to improve health equity, even though this goes beyond being just a technological issue. These advantages might not be immediately accessible to everyone, but over time, they will become increasingly mainstream – as did many breakthrough technologies throughout the centuries from electricity through washing machines to mobile phones. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, it’s important to acknowledge a potential pitfall. If the main motivation of policymakers\u002Finsurance companies and other stakeholders for increased digitization of healthcare is to cut costs and withdraw resources freed up by technology adoption, we will end up in a place where access isn’t improved for anyone. The result? Technology simply becomes a tool for cost-cutting rather than an agent of change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So here are my takeaways: \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>Digital health elevates health equity, but only for those with access to technology.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>The digital health revolution itself won’t change this status quo; that’s not its mission or target audience.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>To leverage digital health to enhance health equity, we must improve digital equity – a task for policymakers and politicians.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>If we don’t redirect the human resources and capacities liberated by digital health and AI towards improving care, and instead choose to cut positions to save on operational costs, the system will ultimately see no improvements even if all previous conditions are met.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Health equity through digital health and AI is not a technological matter, but a socioeconomic one that needs to be addressed accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,51075,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31,32,33,34,35],7079,504,496,489,494,[37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44],6989,7815,7817,1355,134,144,207,313,[46,47],950,952,[],[50,51,52,53,54],1617,1681,1719,4707,5323,[56,14,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76],"post-51051","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tmf","category-artificial-intelligence","category-health-sensors-trackers","category-personalized-medicine","category-telemedicine","tag-digital-health-literacy","tag-health-equity","tag-digital-health-equity","tag-health-literacy","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-digital-health","tag-medicine","project_category-medical-professionals","project_category-policy-makers",{"id":24,"alt_text":27,"caption":27,"description":27,"media_type":78,"media_details":79,"post":5,"source_url":118},"image",{"width":80,"height":81,"file":82,"filesize":83,"sizes":84,"image_meta":116},1920,1080,"2023\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_366.png",133563,{"medium":85,"large":92,"thumbnail":98,"medium_large":103,"1536x1536":104,"2048x2048":110},{"file":86,"width":87,"height":88,"mime-type":89,"filesize":90,"source_url":91},"tmf_article_366-370x208.png","370","208","image\u002Fpng","58425","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_366-370x208.png",{"file":93,"width":94,"height":95,"mime-type":89,"filesize":96,"source_url":97},"tmf_article_366-768x432.png","768","432","143888","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_366-768x432.png",{"file":99,"width":100,"height":100,"mime-type":89,"filesize":101,"source_url":102},"tmf_article_366-150x150.png","150","20824","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_366-150x150.png",{"file":93,"width":94,"height":95,"mime-type":89,"filesize":96,"source_url":97},{"file":105,"width":106,"height":107,"mime-type":89,"filesize":108,"source_url":109},"tmf_article_366-1536x864.png","1536","864","333798","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_366-1536x864.png",{"file":111,"width":112,"height":113,"mime-type":89,"filesize":114,"source_url":115},"tmf_article_366-2048x1152.png","2048","1152","472398","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_366-2048x1152.png",{"aperture":117,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":117,"copyright":27,"focal_length":117,"iso":117,"shutter_speed":117,"title":27,"orientation":117},"0","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_366.png",{"cta_type":120,"cta_color":27,"related_books":121,"related_posts_footer":125,"related_posts":20,"subtitle":27,"key_takeaways":129},"subscribe",[122,123,124],24762,37033,30419,[126,127,128],50859,22987,33799,[130,132],{"title":131},"\u003Cp>Will digital health and\u002For artificial intelligence improve health equity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":133},"\u003Cp>Yes, digital health and AI will eventually very likely improve health equity. But it will take time; and during this transition period, it might even temporarily widen the gap. What is important to understand is that health equity through digital health is not a technological matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":17,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":135,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"Health equity through digital health and AI is not a technological matter, but a socioeconomic one that needs to be addressed accordingly.",{"self":137,"collection":143,"about":146,"author":149,"replies":152,"version-history":155,"predecessor-version":159,"wp:featuredmedia":163,"wp:attachment":166,"wp:term":169,"curies":185},[138],{"href":139,"targetHints":140},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F51051",{"allow":141},[142],"GET",[144],{"href":145},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[147],{"href":148},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[150],{"embeddable":26,"href":151},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[153],{"embeddable":26,"href":154},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=51051",[156],{"count":157,"href":158},10,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F51051\u002Frevisions",[160],{"id":161,"href":162},61019,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F51051\u002Frevisions\u002F61019",[164],{"embeddable":26,"href":165},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F51075",[167],{"href":168},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=51051",[170,173,176,179,182],{"taxonomy":171,"embeddable":26,"href":172},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=51051",{"taxonomy":174,"embeddable":26,"href":175},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=51051",{"taxonomy":177,"embeddable":26,"href":178},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=51051",{"taxonomy":180,"embeddable":26,"href":181},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=51051",{"taxonomy":183,"embeddable":26,"href":184},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=51051",[186],{"name":187,"href":188,"templated":26},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[190],{"id":128,"date":191,"date_gmt":192,"guid":193,"modified":195,"modified_gmt":196,"slug":197,"status":13,"type":14,"link":198,"title":199,"content":201,"excerpt":203,"author":23,"featured_media":205,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":206,"categories":207,"tags":210,"project_category":225,"contact_email_category":229,"yst_prominent_words":230,"class_list":244,"better_featured_image":265,"acf":285,"yoast_meta":292,"_links":295},"2023-03-30T10:00:00","2023-03-30T08:00:00",{"rendered":194},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=33799&_wpnonce=792b73db00&status=auto-draft&type=post","2023-03-30T08:58:38","2023-03-30T06:58:38","what-to-check-before-buying-a-smartwatch","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-to-check-before-buying-a-smartwatch",{"rendered":200},"What To Check Before Buying A Smartwatch Or Health Tracker",{"rendered":202,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>The market for fitness trackers, and especially smartwatches is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.statista.com\u002Fstatistics\u002F381696\u002Fwearables-unit-sales-forecast-united-states-by-category\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">on the rise\u003C\u002Fa>. Despite the delivery difficulties due to the coronavirus, the market kept on growing and the leading players (Apple, Samsung, Huawei and Garmin) have kept their lead, securing a steady 75% of the entire segment. Globally, in 2022, the revenue generated worldwide in the smartwatch market was approximately 38.6 billion US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002F0401_smartwatch_mini_infographic-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33891\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002F0401_smartwatch_mini_infographic-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002F0401_smartwatch_mini_infographic-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002F0401_smartwatch_mini_infographic-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002F0401_smartwatch_mini_infographic-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-gym-of-the-future-is-on-your-wrist\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">wrote earlier\u003C\u002Fa> about how COVID-19 affected our way of doing sports. From quarantine exercises, dance rehearsals to online yoga and even \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sporttechhub.co.uk\u002Fsporttech-the-digitalization-of-mass-sports-events-era-has-finally-come\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">mass events\u003C\u002Fa> and online marathons (heard about the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ironmanvirtualclub.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">IRONMAN virtual\u003C\u002Fa> races?) – the list is endless. And as we were all cut off from our favourite spaces and moves, we had the chance to find new ones; or at least new ways of doing our favourite exercise. But it wasn’t just what we \u003Cem>did\u003C\u002Fem>. It was what we \u003Cem>used\u003C\u002Fem> to keep track of our progress. Our smartwatches and health trackers. So it’s just obvious to talk about what type of tracker we should be buying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My 7+1 recommendations\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I believe there is the right tracker for everyone. But before you buy one off the shelf, you should do your homework and find out which one was made for you – based on your own expectations, needs, preferences and so on. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I’m not going to start comparing devices: such lists are being made every day. Furthermore, such a list would soon become obsolete due to rapid changes in the market. I have tried and tested over a hundred such devices, from \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsleep-tracking-2-0-viatom-o2-sleep-monitor-review\" target=\"_blank\">smart sleep trackers\u003C\u002Fa> through \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fnew-study-kardiaband-apple-watch\" target=\"_blank\">ECG watches\u003C\u002Fa> to an \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwireless-and-scanning-the-clarius-portable-ultrasound-review\" target=\"_blank\">AI ultrasound\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003Cstrong>To sum it up, what I can do is help you choose the right one, based on my widespread experience.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. \u003Cstrong>Regulatory approval\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is quite important to check if the device has regulatory approval. Smart devices and trackers need to go through a number of safety and quality tests. To prove that they have done these rounds, they receive regulatory approval that is proven by an institution; like an \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fda.gov\u002Fvaccines-blood-biologics\u002Fcomplete-list-licensed-products-and-establishments\" target=\"_blank\">FDA approval\u003C\u002Fa> or a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.ce-check.eu\u002Fhc\u002Fen-us\u002Farticles\u002F360007114512-Validate-a-CE-mark\" target=\"_blank\">CE-mark\u003C\u002Fa>. Depending on where they applied for the test, FDA is the US-based process; CE-mark is standard in Europe; and, obviously, each region has its own processes and abbreviations. If they do own such an approval, companies usually communicate this fact loudly on their websites\u002Fchannels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Fhealth-trackers-body-map-768x432.jpeg\" alt=\"Health Trackers Body Map\" class=\"wp-image-33111\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Fhealth-trackers-body-map-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Fhealth-trackers-body-map-370x208.jpeg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Fhealth-trackers-body-map-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Fhealth-trackers-body-map-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Fhealth-trackers-body-map-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The body map of health sensors\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. \u003Cstrong>Customer support\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>How a company solves issues of customers is the next step of evaluation. It shows how a company really treats its consumers and covers any kind of technical, installation or maintenance support. It is always worth checking the reviews online (like on Amazon or other sites) or in the AppStore\u002FGooglePlay. Here you can also see how the developers react to the complaints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. \u003Cstrong>Credibility\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I came across smartwatches that could repel mosquitoes while measuring ECG; give you electric shocks when you \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftime.com\u002F4387701\u002Fweirdest-gadgets-ever\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">engage in a bad habit\u003C\u002Fa>; measure everything or forecast earthquakes. Believe me: the more they promise the less they are likely to deliver. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Trust your gut: if a watch or a device promises to measure too many health parameters, beware. It might promise too much. It would be fantastic, but unlikely that a small garage company will find the Holy Grail of health trackers. Expect something like that from major players (buying small garage bands to use their discoveries).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. \u003Cstrong>Communication\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Check out the online communication output of the company. You can get a clear picture of the developers by looking at their social channels. How active they are, how they talk to consumers, what they feel is important to share say a lot. Transparency and honesty are the keywords to look for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. \u003Cstrong>Technical strengths\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Okay, so this is definitely something we always check in our reviews – and you should do so, too. Strong battery life and a smooth Bluetooth connection are key to my gadget-happiness. I personally would never buy a device I’d need to charge every day. Before even considering getting a tracker (or any device in fact) I check out these features in reviews on \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Verge\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.techradar.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">TechRadar\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F12\u002F226_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Withings ScanWatch review\" class=\"wp-image-31481\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F12\u002F226_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F12\u002F226_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F12\u002F226_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F12\u002F226_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Withings ScanWatch, the beginning of a beautiful friendship\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. \u003Cstrong>Health features vs. Evidence\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To see whether health features are supported by evidence you should do some research. Check out how, for example, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.withings.com\u002Fus\u002Fen\u002Fresearch\" target=\"_blank\">Withings shares\u003C\u002Fa> who they collaborated with while developing the features of their devices. Medical and scientific results and studies are not easy to comprehend for the average user; however, companies usually do a good job interpreting these findings and results. Use your logic and spend a bit of time here to save you time on the other end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. \u003Cstrong>Download\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cstrong>raw data\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I want to download my raw data as I collect and use them a lot. Not all devices support this feature, and big companies like Fitbit usually prefer not to share if you can download your own data. It is definitely my own preference, decide for yourself if it’s something you’d do or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">+1: \u003Cstrong>Smartphone connection\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Take 5 minutes to see if the device is compatible with your phone. You’ll thank yourself later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These steps will certainly help you find the right device for you. If it is a smartwatch or any health tracker, it will also be dependent on the platform you use (iOs or Android) and, of course, your budget. But please also consider that lesser-known brands also tend to give less information for example on their use of your data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>So please also consider the privacy issues that come with any device you store your health (or any kind of) data on. 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