Advancing perioperative care with digital applications and wearables

Citation

Li B, Mahajan A & Powell D (2025) Advancing perioperative care with digital applications and wearables. npj Digital Medicine, 8, Art. No.: 214. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01620-3

Abstract
The rapid increase in real-time health information collected from wearable devices has allowed digital biomarkers to emerge as a promising tool to support perioperative care, including surgical prehabilitation, intra-operative guidance, and post-operative monitoring. Important challenges include the accuracy of generated information, data security risks, and slow adoption of new technologies. Active stakeholder engagement and following existing digital biomarker development/implementation frameworks may support using this technology to improve surgical outcomes.

Journal
npj Digital Medicine: Volume 8

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