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TABLE 3.

Future Considerations for Consumer Wearable Device Design, Research, and Implementation

Promote studies comparing CWD technology with gold-standard reference devices in diverse cohorts of patients and environmental conditions.^5,72,99

Assess the safety and outcomes of CWDs for telemonitoring in patients with established forms of cardiovascular disease.^108,109

Optimize and study the accuracy of CWD technology in the measurement of health metrics during exercise (eg, exercise-induced arrhythmias).¹¹⁰

Assess how intraindividual alterations in CWD-derived health metrics affect outcomes in those with and without cardiovascular disease.

Study the effect of artificial intelligence on health metric measurement and interpretation.¹⁰⁹

Involve HCPs in CWD design and implementation to ensure clinically relevant health metrics and data reporting.^2,109

Prioritize data security for patients and accessibility to CWD data for HCPs in electronic health records.^2,6

Promote transparency surrounding medico-legal liability for HCPs being sent and interpreting data from CWDs.^6,44

Ensure equitable distribution of CWDs with consideration of incentives to alleviate costs for CWDs following medical approval.^44,111

Promote equitable compensation for HCPs in the interpretation of data from CWDs.^111,112

Develop ongoing CME for providers on interpretation of current and emerging CWD technology and to design and study the effect of educational tools to promote digital health literacy.^6,44,109

CME = continuing medical education; CWD = consumer wearable device; HCP = health care provider.