1,683
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
mLine 4:
Line 4: − +
Reasons for and against self tracking and quantification (edit)
Revision as of 20:06, 14 July 2022
, 20:06, 14 July 2022→Manage health conditions
==== Manage health conditions ====
==== Manage health conditions ====
Doctors get much more precise, objective, and detailed description from data than patients provide verbally. This has been good enough to prove something to doubters, even to the medical community. Patients get a clearer picture of their health which they can use to make better decisions. Patients can gauge their doctor's performance better. Self tracking could reduce medical costs.
Doctors get much more precise, objective, and detailed description from data than patients provide verbally. This has been good enough to prove something to doubters, even to the medical community. Patients get a clearer picture of their health which they can use to make better decisions.<ref>https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1124772.1124910</ref> Patients can gauge their doctor's performance better. Self tracking could reduce medical costs.
Chronic or sub-clinical health conditions, and effects of lifestyle choices, like veganism, may be monitored using personal health tracking. Remedies such as weight loss diets and melatonin can be tested for effectiveness with health tracking. Even if no remedies are found, tracking provides piece of mind by showing the patient that this condition is like previous ones that have resolved.
Chronic or sub-clinical health conditions, and effects of lifestyle choices, like veganism, may be monitored using personal health tracking. Remedies such as weight loss diets and melatonin can be tested for effectiveness with health tracking. Even if no remedies are found, tracking provides piece of mind by showing the patient that this condition is like previous ones that have resolved.