Using Fitbit data to predict flu outbreaks

Dr Jennifer Radin and Dr Rupa Sarkar talk about using heart rate and sleep data from Fitbit devices to predict influenza-like illness activity in the US. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

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Rupa Sarkar, Editor-in-Chief, Diana Samuel, Deputy Editor, Lucy Dunbar, Senior Editor, and Gustavo Monnerat, Senior Editor at The Lancet Digital Health, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy. A monthly audio companion to this open access journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from using machine learning to predict mortality in prostate cancer and the need for feminist intersectionality in digital health, to how algorithms can predict a patient's race from medical data, and more.