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In this episode, Dr. Peter Noseworthy, Dr. Christopher C. Cheung, and Dr. G. Stuart Mendenhall explore how wearable medical devices, health apps, and other digital health tools are transforming care while also creating a growing challenge of data overload for clinicians and health systems. The conversation will focus on how unprecedented volumes of patient-generated data raise concerns around accuracy, validation, and equity, and how poorly managed data streams can contribute to alert fatigue and inefficiency rather than better care. Panelists will discuss the need for robust standards to vet consumer-grade devices, as well as strategies for aggregating and prioritizing data from disparate sources using interoperability frameworks and AI-enabled triage. The episode will also examine why human oversight remains essential in managing data overload, particularly for interpreting edge cases and aligning insights with patient preferences. Ultimately, the discussion will highlight practical approaches for turning overwhelming amounts of digital health data into actionable, clinically meaningful information that improves outcomes.

• Describe the clinical and operational challenges associated with increasing volumes of patient-generated data from wearable devices, health apps, and other digital health tools, including issues of data accuracy, validation, equity, and alert fatigue.
• Evaluate current strategies for managing digital health data overload, including the use of interoperability frameworks, standards for vetting consumer-grade devices, and AI-enabled approaches to data aggregation and triage.
• Identify practical, clinician-led approaches for integrating human oversight with digital and AI tools to prioritize actionable insights, manage edge cases, and align data-driven decisions with patient preferences to improve patient outcomes. 

Article Authors

Christopher C. Cheung, MD, MPH
Hawkins Gay, MD
G. Stuart Mendenhall, MD, FHRS  

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Podcast Contributors

Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
Christopher C. Cheung, MD, MPH
G. Stuart Mendenhall, MD, FHRS 


Podcast Contributor Disclosures

P. Noseworthy
Research (Contracted Grants...): National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Food and Drug Administration, American Heart Association, Medtronic, Inc.
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting/Teaching: Optum
Royalty Income: AliveCor

C. Cheung
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting/Teaching: Medtronic, Biontronik, Biosense Webster, Inc., Abbott

G.S. Mendenhal
Stock Options, Privately Held: Grektek, LLC
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting/Teaching: Medtronic