Lifestyle Medicine & Workplace Health

Wearables have gotten greater than units that observe steps, sleep, or coronary heart fee. Today’s client wearables can seize more and more novel and clinically validated indicators that give folks—and the organizations supporting their well being—a extra significant view of what’s occurring within the physique.

But information alone doesn’t enhance well being. The actual alternative is what we do with that info.

Behavior change needs to be on the middle of how we translate wearable information into sustained well being enchancment. The most beneficial insights are those that may assist folks perceive their well being, make knowledgeable selections, and construct more healthy behaviors that final.

I used to be happy to function school for the session “Incorporating Digital and Wearable Tech to Corporate Wellness”, a part of Harvard’s Lifestyle Medicine and Workplace Health course.  We had a implausible dialogue exploring client wearables and the way forward for worker well being —together with how we will transfer past merely amassing extra information towards utilizing know-how to create significant, measurable enhancements in well being and well-being.

Check out the course web site right here, with extra particulars to come back as we get nearer to launch date:

Thank you Justin Yang, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, FASAM, Bianca Errigo, Gabriel Mecklenburg
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