Decoding Your Body's Signals: A Clinician's Guide to Wearable Data Interpretation
This article is based on the latest industry practices and data, last updated in April 2026.Introduction: Why Wearable Data Demands a New Clinical LensIn my ten years as a clinician integrating digital health tools, I have seen wearable devices evolve from niche gadgets to near-ubiquitous health monitors. Patients now arrive at appointments armed with sleep scores, heart rate variability (HRV) metrics, and daily step counts, expecting me to interpret them. Yet raw data is not insight—it is noise