Doctors lack the capacity or tools to review or instantaneously interpret data from lifestyle fitness or food tracking mobile apps says a new study. Researchers from the University of Washington surveyed 211 patients and interviewed 21 doctors dieticians and other health care providers about their expectations on how patients' self-tracking data should be shared and used. We've heard doctors say more and more that people bring this data into the clinic and they're just overwhelmed by it said lead author Christina Chung. When you're managing chronic disease or symptoms day-to-day lifestyle tracking data can be useful but doctors don't have
