As climate change intensifies, healthcare systems will increasingly face unprecedented climatic emergencies surpassing assumptions underlying their emergency protocols. While conventional scenario-based preparedness and contingency planning will remain relevant for most events, they may falter…
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Despite its rapid advancement, digital health has little considered issues of climate change or environmental degradation. As the digital health community begin to engage with this critical issue scholars have started mapping progression in…
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Digital technologies improve health outcomes, access to education and health care. However, their application in the context of climate change is limited. This scoping review aimed to identify the use of digital technologies for…
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Sub-Saharan Africa faces increasing heat events due to climate change, affecting health and productivity. Wearable technology, though promising for monitoring these impacts, is underexplored in this region. This pilot study evaluated the acceptability and…
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As climate change threatens to destroy health gains, digital health provides infrastructure that is well-placed to offer patient-centred health insights. These insights are important to advance research to explore the intersection of climate and…
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Mental health is shaped by socio-environmental determinants, yet traditional research approaches struggle to capture their complex interactions. This review explores the potential of generative agents, powered by large language models, to simulate human-like behaviour…
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In this insightful interview, we sit down with Julia Croxen, Principal at Rock Health, to review the digital health landscape of 2024 and explore what lies ahead in 2025.Julia shares her expertise on key…
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Environmental factors amplified by climate change contribute significantly to the global burden of disease, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations, such as individuals with rare diseases. Researchers require innovative, dynamic data linkage methods to enable the…
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Background: Climate change increasingly impacts health, particularly of rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa due to their limited resources for adaptation. Understanding these impacts remains a challenge, as continuous monitoring of vital signs in such…
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If the global healthcare industry was a country, it would be the world’s fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gas.
As lawmaking bodies and other various entities continue to reckon with the daunting future of climate change,…
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