Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation NIHR HSRIC. BuddyWOTCH™ to monitor COPD. Birmingham: NIHR Horizon Scanning Research&Intelligence Centre. Horizon Scanning Review. 2015 Authors' objectives BuddyWOTCH™ is a smartwatch that can be worn all the time at home to monitor the health of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has sensors that record walking, oxygen levels in the blood, temperature and heart rate. The developer says it can detect and warn the patient of a COPD 'flare-up', so that they can access treatments quicker. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Language Published English Country of organisation England English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence NIHR Horizon Scanning Research&Intelligence Centre, University of Birmingham, Institute of Applied Health Research, Public Health building, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
Tel: 0121 414 9077 Email: nihrhsc@contacts.bham.ac.uk AccessionNumber 32016000464 Date abstract record published 08/03/2016 |