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Technology empowers us with information about our health we’ve never had before. For Kate Bendall, 50, it alerted her to a condition that could have led to a stroke. 
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Apple announced the Apple Watch six years ago and simultaneously began a big push into the health-care industry. The going has been slow, but Apple has made some important inroads.
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Wearables help cast the medical test as a talisman of health-care competence. An Object Lesson.
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With its groundbreaking new ECG feature, the Apple Watch can keep tabs on your heart’s health. This is how they tested it.
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The new Apple Watch is making waves for being able to record an electrocardiogram (ECG) and share it. An ECG can tell you what's going on with your heart.
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Apple’s new watch can screen for heart problems. But doctors are increasingly worried about the dangers of testing healthy people for disease.
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The advent of wearable devices that monitor our heart rhythms both excites and worries doctors.
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Apple has been advertising its watch’s ability to detect atrial fibrillation. The reality doesn’t quite live up to the promise.
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The company known for sleek design is forging a path in the messy world of health care.
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The heart monitor should not be considered a medical device and reflects wider problems with health screens.
Sandra John-Baptiste's curator insight,
October 21, 2018 4:36 PM
The EKG feature on the Apple Watch is the focus of this article. While wearables have the potential to help with patient education and compliance. The potential for use needs the exploration and vetting of medical professionals as it does not offer the same type of information as a true EKG. If this device is used in future for testing and distance monitoring, training for patients and physicians alike will be a requirement.
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The Apple Watch has FDA clearance to be used as a medical device to measure for irregular heart rhythms. But some physicians worry this will send healthy people who get a warning rushing to the doctor for no reason.
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