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