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In the old model of medicine, patients' health data was collected only intermittently, primarily in clinic visits,
在舊有的醫學模式中，患者的健康數據主要是在看醫生的時候才斷斷續續地記錄下來，
and scattered among paper files and siloed electronic medical record systems.
并且四散于紙本文件或相互不流通的電子病歷系統中。
Today there's a far better option:
今天有一個更好的選擇：
personal technology that can monitor vital signs continuously and record health data comprehensively.
個人化科技可以持續監測生命征象，并全面記錄健康數據。
Just a decade after the first Fitbit launched the "wearables" revolution, health tracking devices are ubiquitous.
在第一支Fitbit手環推動“穿戴式裝置”革命后短短十年，健康追蹤裝置就無所不在。
Most are used to measure and document fitness activities.
大多用于測量和記錄體能活動。
In the future these sensing technologies will be central to disease prevention, diagnosis, and therapy.
在未來，這些感測技術將會成為預防、診斷與治療疾病的核心。
They'll measure health objectively, detect changes that may indicate a developing condition,
這些裝置將客觀地測量健康狀況，偵測可能顯示病情發展的變化，
and relay patients' data to their clinicians.
并把患者的數據傳送給他們的臨床醫師。
