Some women use technology to support their health and wellbeing. Examples include menstruation tracking apps, wearable body temperature sensors to monitor menopause symptoms and at-home hormone testing kits to estimate fertility. Some FemTech is focused on the prevention and detection of diseases that affect women in specific ways, such as cardiovascular disease.
This briefing will consider the latest developments in FemTech. It will evaluate the evidence for FemTech supporting women’s health and consider the opportunities and risks of using these technologies inside and outside the NHS. It will outline evidence regarding data quality, privacy, inequalities, misinformation and the potential for tech-enabled abuse.