Digital devices can help clinicians prescribe physical activity

This Op-ed is by leaders from the American Heart Association, Digital Medicine Society and Google involved in a Digital Medicine Society-sponsored project on digital measures for physical activity. The Op-ed summarizes evidence that the technology exists today to digitally measure physical activity in the broad population – and, by measuring it the right way, we can embrace it as the ‘6th vital sign’ and enter a new era of healthcare centered on proactive patient care.