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More people monitoring fitness trackers after Covid-19, but few using data to improve health: Survey

A person's heart rate at rest being displayed on a smartwatch.

A person's heart rate at rest being displayed on a smartwatch.

A survey from electronics company Philips found that more people in the region are using devices to monitor their health after Covid-19
However, it also found that not many people are using the data from the devices to make corrective action for their health
Instead, a doctor's recommendations were the biggest motivators for respondents to act on their personal health data-based insights
Those who did not share the data with their doctors said that there were data privacy concerns or they did not know how

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