A New Algorithm For Studying Sleep | Michigan Medicine

So far, wearables have held promise, but not results, when it comes to research or to patient care. Companies don’t share how they score sleep, nor do they publish the kind of rigorous research a sleep medicine expert would want to review to determine if they can trust the sleep report given. But because so many people own them, it makes sense to figure out how to use consumer wearables to improve sleep health, say Michigan Medicine researchers, who recently validated their own algorithm to score sleep using the Apple watch.

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