Will Apple devices' passive atrial fibrillation detection prevent strokes? Estimating the proportion of high-risk actionable patients with real-world user data.
Keith FeldmanRay G DuncanAn NguyenGalen Cook-WiensYaron EladTeryl NuckolsJoshua M PevnickPublished in: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA (2022)
These data suggest that there is limited benefit to detect and treat AFib with anticoagulation among this cohort, but that accessing clinical and demographic data from the EHR could help target devices to the patients with the highest potential for benefit. Future research may analyze this relationship at other sites and among other wearable users, including among those who have not linked devices to their EHR.