Table 2.

Summary of results showing provider attitudes about benefits and barriers of self-tracking and reviewing tracked data.

Tracking by patient or provider	Benefits	Barriers and concerns
Patients tracking without provider involvement	Patients can learn about their behaviors, symptoms, progress, and health outcomes. Patients can identify trends and correlations from their data. Patients can become more independent in managing their conditions.	Self-tracking requires extensive patient time and commitment. Patients may not understand what to track and how to track well. Patients may have unrealistic expectations and lose motivation when they cannot immediately reap the benefits of tracking.
Tracking directed by medical team	Tracking overcomes some patient motivational barriers. Tracking provides opportunities for patient education.	Asking patients to track without having providers review the data can send mixed messages. Some providers doubt their ability to advise on tracking; many providers doubt patient ability to review tracking data. Providers may be unfamiliar with currently available tracking tools.
Tracking reviewed by health care providers	Tracking supports diagnosis. Tracking helps personalize treatment(s). Tracking increases patient motivation and accountability. Tracking supports the patient-provider relationship.	Providers have constrained time. Providers question additional health benefits from provider review of tracked data. There is a lack of tracking tool flexibility. There is a lack of tracking tool standardization. There are no established mechanisms for patients to share tracking data with providers.