Is the Apple Watch a USEFUL Medical Device?
Apple is pushing the medical benefits of the Apple Watch pretty hard, but we have questions about just how useful the watch’s electrocardiogram feature really is. Aaron digs into the research on just how much the device is doing.
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This video was adapted from an article that Aaron wrote for the Upshot, source information can be found there: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/upshot/apple-watch-atrial-fibrillation.html
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