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As healthcare professionals, understanding the crucial link between perceived usefulness, ease of use, and tech literacy is paramount. Prolonged independence emerges as a compelling motivator for seniors to embrace digital health innovations, providing a pathway to improved quality of life.

The study underscores the potential of user-owned devices in health monitoring. With a positive predictive value of 0.84, the smartwatch app could be a significant step towards large-scale, user-driven monitoring for atrial fibrillation.

The management of low-risk prostate cancer has seen a significant shift over the last two decades, with active surveillance increasingly becoming the preferred approach. However, despite this progress, the overtreatment of low-risk disease remains a concern, underscoring the need for continued refinement in patient selection and monitoring strategies.