“We should be monitoring all soldiers, all the time, looking for patterns of injury or other signs for early detection,” said Lt. Gen. Nadja West, the Army’s surgeon general, during a talk May 8 at the Association of the U.S. Army in Arlington, Virginia. “We can do better when every soldier is a sensor, and we can continuously monitor information culled from them.”
“THERE IS AN EXPLOSION OF WEARABLE AND SOON TO BE IMPLANTABLE PERIPHERAL MONITORS,” WEST SAID. “IT COMPLETELY REVOLUTIONIZES HOW WE CAN FOLLOW AND IMPACT A SOLDIER’S HEALTH AND A PATIENT’S HEALTH.”
