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HACKENSACK, N.J. — That phone app keeping track of your exercise and meals might keep you out of the hospital one day.
Why give your doctors permission to incorporate data from fitness trackers and health apps into electronic patient records? Well, they might spot signs of an ailment sooner and suggest behavioral changes or medication before you land in the emergency room. They also might be able to monitor how you’re healing from surgery.
At Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, a handful of patients at risk for heart failure are asked to use a fitness tracker to count steps walked and flights climbed and record what they eat. The information is then transferred to the hospital.
