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May 27, 2021 Use of wearable technology among patients with known atrial fibrillation (AF) increases consumption of healthcare resources, including ablation, according to new observational data. With an influx of patients presenting to emergency departments and clinics motivated by warnings on their smart devices, the conundrum for clinicians is what to do with this added information, lead author Libo Wang, MD (University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City), told TCTMD. At this point, “it's not clear that we have a signal that wearing these devices somehow gets better care. All we'r...

@stablesjames Fitbit is now a Google company, after the deal was finally ratified by the EU back in December. The two companies have released statements saying it's a done deal, although there's no word from the Department of Justice about approval in the US. It’s been a long and drawn-out process, after the initial announcement of the buyout was met with a frenzy of panic over Google aquiring the health and fitness data of Fitbit’s user base. Google has had to make a series of commitments to the EU, to satisfy regulators that it could be trusted with such a trov...