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Digital Medicine in Primary care: Implementation of Remote Activity Tracking to Promote Healthy Weight Management (UMass Chan ARC Pilot) , 12/01/2022-11/30/2023

Program: Obesity Prevention

This project, co-led by Dr. Jamie Faro, assess the feasibility and acceptability of incorporating wearable devices into clinical care and electronic health records for patients affected by weight gain. Wearables (e.g., Fitbits) have grown tremendously in popularity and suggest a potential solution for primary care providers to efficiently promote increased activity and thereby promote healthy weight management. To date, sustained and effective implementation of digital tools into patient care is lacking due to multiple barriers. This proposal will assess both patient and provider-level barriers, followed by developing and testing an integrated system.