国家地理 你的医疗未来(3)

（单词翻译）

In the old model of medicine, patients' health data was collected only intermittently¹, primarily in clinic visits,

在旧有的医学模式中，患者的健康数据主要是在看医生的时候才断断续续地记录下来，

and scattered² among paper files and siloed electronic medical record systems.

并且四散于纸本文件或相互不流通的电子病历系统中。

Today there's a far better option:

今天有一个更好的选择：

personal technology that can monitor vital signs continuously and record health data comprehensively.

个人化科技可以持续监测生命征象，并全面记录健康数据。

Just a decade after the first Fitbit launched the "wearables" revolution, health tracking devices are ubiquitous.

在第一支Fitbit手环推动“穿戴式装置”革命后短短十年，健康追踪装置就无所不在。

Most are used to measure and document fitness activities.

大多用于测量和记录体能活动。

In the future these sensing technologies will be central to disease prevention, diagnosis³, and therapy.

在未来，这些感测技术将会成为预防、诊断与治疗疾病的核心。

They'll measure health objectively, detect changes that may indicate a developing condition,

这些装置将客观地测量健康状况，侦测可能显示病情发展的变化，

and relay patients' data to their clinicians.

并把患者的数据传送给他们的临床医师。