Sunday, March 29, 2015 | 2 a.m.

With all the talk about the health benefits of wearable computer technology, too often the concrete effects on everyday health care are left to vague promises. Technology, though, is starting to shape health care today and likely will revolutionize the industry in the future.

Some of the wearables, such as the Fitbit and the forthcoming Apple Watch, enable around-the-clock monitoring of key health and fitness functions in the body. But todays health technology goes well beyond simple fitness.

It allows health care to be delivered more efficiently, more personally and more conveniently. And along the way, people can gain a better idea of where they fit on the health care spectrum.

Here is an overview of some digital health care tools that will give people deeper insight into their well-being:

Symptom trackers

Though online symptom checkers are not reliable diagnostic devices, when they first hit the market, many patients treated them as such.

But lets face it: Allowing oneself to be sucked into the online black hole of medical information will make paranoid hypochondriacs out of the best of us.

Symptom checkers have value in that they give you a ballpark range of potential problems, but be sure to use your own judgment and see a doctor for a proper diagnosis.

Fitness trackers

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