HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants every American using a wearable health device within four years. But is that goal worthwhile — and attainable?
Health system leaders told Becker’s that it’s a deserving outcome that won’t be easy to accomplish.
“Wearables have the potential to transform healthcare — not by replacing physicians, but by enhancing their ability to deliver personalized, preventive and scalable care,” said Christopher Longhurst, MD, chief clinical and innovation officer of UC San Diego Health. “But we believe that realizing this potential nationally will require payment innovation to match the technological advances we’re already seeing in the field.”
UC San Diego’s Jacobs Center for Health Innovation is working to enroll 10,000 individuals into digital health programs integrated with its EHR, and has already started seeing benefits from over 60 different devices used by patients.
