Doctors are telling their patients to get fitness trackers, and they aren’t listening

It seems patients aren’t quite getting the message when their doctors recommend incorporating wearables and other fitness trackers into their lives.

About 30,000 US patients were asked if their primary care provider had recommended using wearables, in a Nielsen study (pdf) commissioned by the Council for Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP). Only 4% said yes. The year before, Nielsen posed the same question to about 5,000 patients, and 3% said yes. A similarly low level of people reported their doctors prescribing mobile apps to track physical activity or monitor biometrics like heart rate in both years.

http://qz.com/713535/doctors-are-telling-their-patients-to-get-fitness-trackers-and-they-arent-listening/

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