Behavioral Economics Offers Suggestions for Using Wearables

Source: The Washington Post, January 14, 2016 The Washington Post published a write-up of Mitesh Patel and colleagues’ past work on wearable technologies. While a lot of people are interested in the potential for wearables to transform health behaviors, there hasn’t been much evidence yet that these devices do that, says Patel. There is also little understanding of how the health community can get wearables into the hands of the patients who need them most. Patel also offered some guidelines for how people or organizations can best use activity trackers.