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Wearables are too expensive for underrepresented groups

Even if they’re interested in using them

"...As more and more health features get built into wearable devices, they’re becoming a major tool used both for individual people’s health and for medical research. But if groups like the ones served by Federally Qualified Health Centers are shut out from the products, smartwatches just end up reinforcing existing equity gaps in healthcare and in health research. When groups aren’t represented in studies, results can’t be generalized to those groups, and they miss out on the benefits of new findings." (The Verge, 26 April 2022)

Posted: May 2, 2022, 11:07 AM