Technologized Talk: Wearable Technologies, Patient Agency, and Medical Communication in Healthcare Settings

Erin Trauth and Ella R. Browning
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Erin Trauth: High Point University, High Point, USA
Ella R. Browning: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD), 2018, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-26

Abstract: In this study, the authors examine patient use of and feelings about wearable technologies for health attainment and management. Based on an online survey of 81 patients using wearable technologies to track and manage health, as well as interviews with three patients utilizing wearables for health management, the authors examine how wearable technologies are being used by patients to attain health, manage health, and/or prevent health issues, and what value users find in these wearable technologies. The authors also examine how such use is impacting communication between medical professionals and patients. Specifically, the authors explore how the inclusion of wearable technologies has changed the “rhetorical relationship” between patients and medical professionals. The study concludes with a discussion of the future of wearable devices in patient-medical practitioner relationships and clinical settings.

Date: 2018
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