Opinion: The next Apple Watch wants to monitor your heart. Should you let it?
If cardiologists and emergency departments are overwhelmed with falsely worrisome heart rhythm readings from the Apple Watch, we will need to reassess how the FDA clears devices like it.
Wednesday’s announcement that the next iteration of the Apple Watch can both monitor the wearer’s heart rhythm and, if a suspicious reading emerges, perform an electrocardiogram, could be a boon for users and their doctors. Or it could be a massive headache for the health care system.
The new watch continuously monitors the wearer’s heart rate. It does this by shining a light onto the back of the wrist. An algorithm analyzes the light
