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Applications of Health Data
Published in Disa Lee Choun, Anca Petre, Digital Health and Patient Data, 2023
Health data includes any patient’s data captured either digitally or on paper. In order to have the best benefit, all health data needs to be digital format in order to analyze the information for the different applications or use to benefit the patients (the ultimate stakeholder). Many countries have started the painful transition of moving the citizen’s health data to electronic. These technologies that can transmit and receive electronic health data are referred to as digital health. It includes technologies like mobile health (mHealth), platforms, and systems that engage consumers for lifestyle, wellness, health-related purposes, provide real-time monitoring of patient’s vital signs, collect digital social and behavioural information including patient reported data, deliver information to care providers and/or researchers, and/or support life science and clinical operations. It can also directly or indirectly monitor or enhance health or coordinate healthcare services.
US Regulatory Pathways for Digital Therapeutics
Published in Oleksandr Sverdlov, Joris van Dam, Digital Therapeutics, 2023
Michelle Rubin-Onur, Allison C. Komiyama
Digital health technologies, from mobile medical apps and software that support the clinical decisions of healthcare providers to artificial intelligence and machine learning, are driving a significant shift in healthcare. Digital health tools can improve our ability to accurately diagnose and treat disease and enhance the delivery of healthcare. The US FDA is focused and committed to working with digital health stakeholders to advance healthcare. While navigating the evolving priorities and regulations for digital health technologies under FDA may be daunting, there are plenty of tools and resources to help manufacturers bring new digital health technologies to market.
Telehealth and the Covid-19 Era
Published in Frederick J. DeMicco, Ali A. Poorani, Medical Travel Brand Management, 2023
In June 2021, The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) published the State of Healthcare Report. The study included 2,743 respondents from across the United States, including 225 health systems, 309 clinicians, 147 payers, and 2,062 patients (HIMSS, 2021). The study identified three major themes that will have a significant impact on the future of healthcare, including digital health, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), and financial health. Some of the highlights of the survey are summarized in Table 25.10.
Digital health technology used in emergency large-scale vaccination campaigns in low- and middle-income countries: a narrative review for improved pandemic preparedness
Published in Expert Review of Vaccines, 2023
Paula Mc Kenna, Lindsay A. Broadfield, Annik Willems, Serge Masyn, Theresa Pattery, Ruxandra Draghia-Akli
Data privacy and security measures are essential for the ethical use of digital health technology [18]. A large amount of health data and sensitive, personally identifying information is collected with the implementation of digital health tools and must be sufficiently protected [18]. Maintaining high levels of data safety and security is especially true for the use of biometric data for which additional privacy concerns exist [74]. The WHO Global Strategy on Digital Health [18], the Principles for Digital Development [21], the DPG standard from the DPG Alliance [23], and the Digital Global Good (DGG) standard maintained by Digital Square [75] all emphasize the need to be transparent about how data will be collected and used, to plan for and thwart security breaches, and to protect data against harmful or inappropriate use. These guidelines recommend addressing the protection of privacy and data security of digital tools already at the design stage [18,21]. These considerations are critical, in light of data breaches in health data, including electronic medical record systems, and the increasing cost of recovering data and system access [76]. Some of the tools identified in this review have DPG or DGG labels (Table 2), with the possibility that additional tools are undergoing the review process to receive these labels.
The use of digital health in heart rhythm care
Published in Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 2023
Donald P. Tchapmi, Chris Agyingi, Antoine Egbe, Gregory M. Marcus, Jean Jacques Noubiap
Digital health technologies, such as wearable devices and smartphone apps, can contribute to diagnostics, heart rhythm monitoring, patient education and shared decision making, management, medication adherence, and research. There is evidence that these digital health tools can improve various health outcomes, including in the field of arrhythmia. Digital health technologies play a pivotal role in diagnosing and monitoring arrhythmias. Besides conventional heart rhythm monitoring devices such as Holter, telemetry, external and internal loop recorders, new handheld devices, wearables patches, smartphones, and smartwatches offer opportunities for arrhythmia screening, especially in low-risk individuals. Smartphone applications have also been developed for the education of patients, to assist them in decision making, and to improve their management, including medication adherence, preprocedural planning, and patient rehabilitation. Digital health technologies also bring unprecedented opportunities for large-scale studies in the population and clinical settings. Despite these remarkable advances, important challenges remain in integrating digital health technologies into healthcare systems. Some of these challenges include insufficient data regarding optimal integration to positively affect clinically relevant outcomes, concerns about patient privacy, system interoperability, physician liability for assessing data provided by wearables, difficulties in analyzing real-time information from wearables and incorporating them into electronic medical records, and reimbursement for digital health services.
Digital technologies in primary care: Implications for patient care and future research
Published in European Journal of General Practice, 2022
KEY MESSAGESDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, digital health technologies have been adopted and implemented unprecedentedly.Digital health presents a potential for the delivery of higher quality, safer, and more equitable care, including primary care.There are opportunities and challenges regarding patient access to health records, big data analytics, and virtual care primary care.