Scripps Research Institute
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Both efforts are employing popular consumer wearables and health trackers to spot potential cases of COVID-19 or other viral diseases as they begin.
By combining prior CDC data with heart rate and sleep measurements, Scripps developed a new disease tracking model that they say could deliver speedy and accurate estimates.
The new collaboration will start with using the technology to predict atrial fibrillation.
Over a roughly two-year period, Medscape Consult saw more than 310,000 physician users hailing from 171 different countries across the world.
A take-home wearable ECG could be key in detecting undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, according to a new study published in JAMA this morning.