Excuse my cynicism, but I seem to remember that when Apple launched HealthKit it was meant to mark the start of a new era in healthcare, and how long ago was that?
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Apple Watch Owners Can Participate in Apple Heart Study to Identify Irregular Heart Rhythms
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Excuse my cynicism, but I seem to remember that when Apple launched HealthKit it was meant to mark the start of a new era in healthcare, and how long ago was that?
Must be 22 or older... damn.
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“Killer” for who? Apple Watch, Apple or the patient?
Yeah I read through a lot of it, there's the usual tracking information and of course health related details. But nothing alarming. I probably give more data away using Safari and Facebook then a heart study app.
LOL!Probably, But I have heard that a lot of people think us Brits don't have a heart anyway!
I do not think so, unless you are tinted orange.
Then you certainly have no heart, and no brain either. (An electro-encephalograph would show nothing, nada, zilch.) /s
You're correct...I did not understand your question. The Heart Study seems to be looking for a few specific things (A-Fib and maybe some other things, I can't recall). The watch band is an all-purpose ECG device. There are a myriad of heart conditions that can be identified with an accurate ECG readout.
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I don't think you understand how FDA approval works in the U.S. A 'snake oil' product will not receive FDA approval. Period. The process to obtain FDA approval is incredibly long and thorough. It is not for the faint of heart (no pun intended).
NOBODY can wear it 24/7. It has to come off to be charged.
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Hi friend of the user: Apparently the original user just stroked out. We can tell you exactly what time it happened with the app installed on his phone. Oops. No we can not. Damn hippa.
Very good use of the technology. The watch is already collecting the data. So having an app with a model that can in real time detect a potentially deadly condition is great.
I hope they bring that glucose monitor that Tim Cook was seen wearing to market soon. With 10% of populations of many countries having diabetes, this would be a big market and potentially lifesaving for millions.
I hope they bring that glucose monitor that Tim Cook was seen wearing to market soon. With 10% of populations of many countries having diabetes, this would be a big market and potentially lifesaving for millions.
I’ve always said “most people didn’t die of their first arrhythmia, they died of their last arrhythmia.”
If the earlier ones that were just transient were detected sooner, and remedied, many would avoid strokes and earlier death.
That said, we may find that arrhythmia is more common and/frequent than is realized, such that it may have some natural function like clearing out clots or exercising the heart muscle in a particular way. We may learn that only certain types of arrhythmia are to be avoided.
There will be much learned as the depth and breadth of heart rhythms is studied over very large groups.
We are standing on the precipice of a golden age of medical learning furthered by personal monitoring devices.
If the earlier ones that were just transient were detected sooner, and remedied, many would avoid strokes and earlier death.
That said, we may find that arrhythmia is more common and/frequent than is realized, such that it may have some natural function like clearing out clots or exercising the heart muscle in a particular way. We may learn that only certain types of arrhythmia are to be avoided.
There will be much learned as the depth and breadth of heart rhythms is studied over very large groups.
We are standing on the precipice of a golden age of medical learning furthered by personal monitoring devices.
Signed up, enrolled, installed the Watch app.
Then went for a mile walk...and NO alarms/notifications occurred. Yay.
Then went for a mile walk...and NO alarms/notifications occurred. Yay.
Snake oil, I doubt it. The sheer investment and FDA Approval (long involved process), lends credibility to the device/app. Sure the image in the ad is very carefully created, every ad on TV always says "Simulated".
Back before the watch, my brother and I were using an app called "Heart Rate Free", he was having issues with a condition I can't name, but he was measuring his heart rate one day and saw that he was having an irregular heart rate, he call his cardiologist and he was told go to his office immediately, then went to the hospital. App uses camera on the rear and the LED Light to illuminate your finger when placed over the lens/LED area. Works great and is available for all iPhones.
Back before the watch, my brother and I were using an app called "Heart Rate Free", he was having issues with a condition I can't name, but he was measuring his heart rate one day and saw that he was having an irregular heart rate, he call his cardiologist and he was told go to his office immediately, then went to the hospital. App uses camera on the rear and the LED Light to illuminate your finger when placed over the lens/LED area. Works great and is available for all iPhones.
Were you accepted into the program yet though? Otherwise you won’t receive any notifications.
HealthKit came with IOS 8 I believe.
Really not that long ago, and also I think there is a lot going on behind the curtains that the public’s not aware about.
How were you accepted already? Everyone is just getting a prompt to alert you to receive a notification when you can enroll.
He didn't say he was accepted. He probably just doesn't realize that. heh.
I'm rolling my eyes at the potential for an unhealthy positive feedback loop.
Your watch notifies you of an irregular heart rhythm, which in turn increases the irregularity of your already (supposedly) irregular heart rhythm; so your watch notifies you again, which proceeds to up your heart rate even more; thus your watch notifies you yet again...
And the next week we read in the papers: "Apple Watch Kills Man. Autopsy Reveals Perfectly Healthy Heart."
Unlikely, I know.
....My blood pressure always goes up from normal when heavy handed nurses and machines take my blood pressure. I know the squeeze is gonna hurt!
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My doctor is considering an AW S3 LTE for his wife to communicate with the diabetes-monitor "chip" (don't really know what to call it) installed in her abdomen and replaced every two weeks. Was coolest part of my annual physical to show him how my S3 LTE works! Her current communication device fits in her palm, he said.
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Hopefully soon the technology will advance to the point she does not have to have something invasive. The prototype I saw looked like a piece tape and did not go through the skin.
We live in amazing times!
[doublepost=1512093687][/doublepost]Anyone know how different this is from this heart monitoring band the FDA just approved for the Watch? They sounds like they are doing the same thing.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/30/fda-clears-alivecor-apple-watch-band-medical-use/
Well, I was really trying be a little witty and ironic, LOL.
But it did show “Welcome and Thank You. You are part of the Apple Heart Study...”.
And it shows that I’ve made “1 Heart Rythm Data Contributions”.
