DATAcc by DiMe Launches Digital Strategy for Standardized Measurement of Physical Activity
BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community (DATAcc) by the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) released a core set of digital measures for physical activity, providing a roadmap for leveraging digital tools to measure the '6th vital sign.' Researchers and healthcare professionals can now better assess and address the impact of exercise on an individual's well-being. The measures were developed in partnership with industry leaders following a cross-disciplinary, evidence-based research project. New resources – including ontologies, a decision tool, and illustrative scenarios – provide specific support to clinical researchers, healthcare providers and decision-makers, and digital health technology developers to effectively implement these new core measures.
- Core measures and other resources are now available to support an industry standard for digitally measured physical activity, increasingly recognized as the '6th vital sign'
BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community ( DATAcc ) by the Digital Medicine Society ( DiMe ) released a core set of digital measures for physical activity , providing a roadmap for leveraging digital tools to measure the '6th vital sign.' - The importance of physical activity to health has long been recognized, and technology exists today to seamlessly measure it in the broad population.
- "This new core set of digital measures for physical activity will advance the industry by reducing duplicative efforts and speeding the path to discoveries that will benefit the patients we aim to serve," said Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of DiMe.
- Building off this momentum and extending its portfolio of digital measures work , DATAcc is now convening a project team to build the business case for digital endpoints.