Wearables at work
Advantages of wearables at workplace
medical sector, while consultations, instead of recording descriptions like “puffy” or “inflamed
Hurdles to wearables at workplace
- Most companies do not have the right systems in place to integrate wearables.
- Incompatibility is another issue because of inconsistent standards with different groups working with wearables. A uniform standard is required to let the innumerable connected devices work parallelly, in an industry setting.
- Training and support to employees are also vital for an adoption of wearables to ensure that they are fully prepared to operate the technology. This is a big challenge considering the huge cost and limited expertise needed to educate all employees.
- The biggest concern to be addressed relates to privacy and security. A device management solution will be needed to keep track of all wearables and to ensure that they are not misused.
- The absence of policies that outlines how information gathered from wearables could be used is a potential hurdle to the introduction of wearables at a workplace.