Fan Casting Digital Biomarkers: Transforming Healthcare Innovations

Quantifiable physiological are measurable and quantifiable physiological and behavioral digital data derived from digital devices and sensors that can help assess disease states or treatment responses. With advances in wearable technology and mobile health apps, quantifiable physiological extracted from continuous passive data streams have the potential to transform healthcare by allowing remote and frequent monitoring of patients. Some key types of quantifiable physiological include sleep patterns extracted from smartwatch data, physical activity levels from fitness trackers, cognitive measures from online games, speech patterns from voice assistants, and social media usage patterns.

Tracking Health via Digital Biomarkers

Wearable devices like smartwatches and fitness trackers have enabled the passive collection of diverse quantifiable physiological. Metrics like heart rate, heart rate variability, respiration rate, sleep patterns and physical activity levels collected continuously via these devices’ sensors have shown potential as quantifiable physiological for various conditions. For example, alterations in resting heart rate, variations in daily step counts and abnormal sleep patterns tracked via a Digital Biomarkers have been able to detect the onset of illness like the flu before symptoms appear. Researchers are also exploring if longitudinal wearable data can help predict risk and track progression of chronic diseases like heart failure.