Consumers and physicians agree that using wearable technology to track health data is a good way to increase patients' engagement with their health, according to a report from Accenture that found 77 percent of consumers and 85 percent of physicians are in favor of using tracking and monitoring devices.
Here are four additional findings from the report.
- Patient engagement with EHRs in the U.S. grew from 27 percent reporting they accessed their records in 2014, to 45 percent saying they did so in 2016.
- Of patient respondents, 92 percent believe they should have full access to their EHRs, while only 18 percent of physician respondents agreed.
- The number of patients using health apps in the past two years has jumped from 16 percent in 2014 to 33 percent in 2016. The same goes for wearables, the use of which grew from 9 percent in 2014 to 21 percent in 2016.
- Of consumer respondents, 78 percent would be willing to wear technology that monitored their health via vital signs or lifestyle tracking. About three-quarters of those asked by a physician to wear such technology did so.