Increased medicalisation of AFib patients using wearables

This is basically what we feared when Apple developed ECG capabilities for their watch. Overtreatment of the young, healthy, and wealthy.

“Our cohort study is among the first studies to systematically characterize the use of wearable use among individuals with AF as a part of routine health care delivery. Individuals who used wearables were younger, healthier, and socioeconomically better off than those who did not use wearables. We found no difference in clinic-measured pulse rates between the 2 groups but higher health care use rates among individuals who used wearables”