Digital Health Technologies represent a marked shift from current medical technologies in use, the approach to health and healthcare and stakeholders engaged in healthcare delivery. What the digitalized future of medicine will look like…
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Digital health technologies hold significant potential for reducing global healthcare disparities. Large language models (LLMs) offer new opportunities to enhance access to culturally specific healthcare, including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This study evaluated the…
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Systemic integration and equitable adoption of Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) require timely, comprehensive, harmonised policies. This paper presents five complementary key enablers: defining DHTs in the scope of fit-for-purpose policy interventions, implementing AI-ready regulatory…
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Background: Utilizing digital health technologies to aid individuals in managing chronic diseases offers a promising solution to overcome health service barriers such as access and affordability. However, their effectiveness depends on adoption and sustained…
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Making the most of healthcare technologies requires systematic change, writes Dr Sarah Byron, programme director for healthtech strategy and development at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Imagine a future where groundbreaking…
This study explores the role of digital health in promoting environmental sustainability through a pilot study performed in rural areas in Tuscany (Italy). A multi-screening model, based on a mobile multi-screening unit (MMSU) and…
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Background: Mobile health technologies show promise in addressing metabolic syndrome, but their comparative effectiveness in large-scale public health interventions remains unclear. Objective: To compare the effectiveness of wearable devices (wearable activity tracker) and mobile…
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The development of digital tools for climate health is considered an emerging field of action and an economic opportunity. Analysing international best practices, we propose a typology of these technologies and their functions. Climate…
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More innovative healthcare technologies could be adopted by the NHS under reforms proposed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
The proposals, which are out for consultation, aim to transform how medical…
