Interoperability and reliability of wearable healthcare devices for emergency care

Wearable consumer healthcare devices are becoming increasingly popular over recent years with a range of non-invasive sensors that continually track a user's health. These consumer wearables differ from medical devices mainly due to the fact that they do not need to undergo the stringent FDA approval process. One of the main advantages of these wearables is to provide important information about the user's state of health in the event of an emergency. Given that there is currently no standards for consumer healthcare devices, interoperability for information retrieval by paramedics in emergency situations become the utmost important aspect in ensuring interconnection between these devices.