Technology and Public Health: New Tools and Perspectives

In this issue we see that technology is increasingly impacting both clinical medicine and public health. This is manifest in diverse countries and populations, in research and practice, and in the diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and prevention of chronic disease. A more disruptive aspect of technology is the wide uptake of smart phones, applications, and fitness tracking devices that now put tools in the hands of the public with capabilities previously found only in laboratories and clinics.
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Commentary Source Type: research