What Is Digital Health and How Does a Health System Get There?

Digital health is a term being bandied about currently so I thought it would be a good start for this note to define it. Below is a paragraph that, while very broad, conveys the complexity of the pursuit of digital health (see:Digital Medicine: A Primer on Measurement):Digital medicine describes a field, concerned with the use of technologies as tools for measurement, and intervention in the service of human health.Digital medicine products are driven by high-quality hardware and software products that support health research and the practice of medicine broadly, including treatment, recovery, disease prevention, and health promotion for individuals and across populations.Here is a brief sampling of some facets of digital medicine that I have blogged about recently:Artificial intelligence (see, for example:Using AI to Ensure Follow-Up of Suspicious Nodules in Radiology Reports)Health wearables (see, for example:Wearable Device Offering"Cuff-less" Blood Pressure Monitoring Approved by FDA)Apple ecosystem for research support (see, for example: Using the Apple Ecosystem to Support Health Research and Clinical Trials)Telemedicine (see, for example:Reducing Healthcare Costs with Virtual Visits; Tangible Evidence Provided)Natural language processing (see, for example:AI Allows Computers to"Read" EHR Records and Make Predictions)Image analysis and digital pathology (see, for example:Pathology Departments Should Consider Launching a Digital Pathology Outrea...
Source: Lab Soft News - Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Digital Imaging in Pathology Electronic Health Record (EHR) Health Wearable Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Innovations Medical Research Predictive Analytics Telemedicine Test Kits and Home Testing Source Type: blogs