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  • Digital health
  • Wearable technology
  • Infectious disease surveillance

Background:

  • Early detection of infectious diseases is critical for public health interventions.
  • Individual-level physiological monitoring can identify deviations indicative of illness.
  • Smartwatch technology offers a scalable platform for continuous health data collection.

Approach:

  • Developed a real-time, open-source smartwatch-based alerting system.
  • Monitored physiological and activity signals (e.g., resting heart rate, steps).
  • Applied the system to a cohort of 3,246 participants.

Key Points:

  • The system generated alerts for pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 infections in 78% of cases.
  • Pre-symptomatic signals for COVID-19 were detected a median of three days before symptom onset.
  • Other health events (respiratory infections, stress, alcohol) also triggered alerts, but with shorter lead times.

Conclusions:

  • The smartwatch system shows potential for early COVID-19 warning and general health monitoring.
  • It can detect physiological shifts from personal baselines, indicating potential illness.
  • The open-source, scalable nature allows for real-time, global health surveillance.