This article begins with an overview of the functions and range of applications of digital technologies for mental health. The evidence for individual digital forms of interventions is addressed. Overall, it is shown that digital interventions for mental health are likely to be cost-effective ...
But the interest is there: many would use these technologies for increased convenience and to improve their health, especially if they could be confident about their data privacy and security. Bolstering trust in providers across the healthcare ecosystem, breaking down financial b...
Pharmaceutical companies are using recent advances in digital technologies to improve care strategies and provide hope for rare disease patients across thousands of different rare diseases.
Digital technologies have the potential to play a critical role in efforts to improve health equity. However, rapidly advancing technology may also exacerbate exclusion, introduce unexpected biases, widen the digital divide, and continue to leave some populations behind.2For more on how tec...
to evaluating and assisting the implementation of these technologies to improve healthcare performance.Practical implications Using this overview, managers are more able to ask questions about how the new DHTs will affect healthcare and take a stronger role in implementing these technologies to improve...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor impairments such as tremor, bradykinesia, dyskinesia, and gait abnormalities. Current protocols assess PD symptoms during clinic visits and can be subjective. Patient diarie
More people in the United Kingdom could begin to access mental healthcare through digital technologies as traditional services face a struggle to expand, say researchers. Experts from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London said that rapidly developing innovations provided "huge" ...
The Health Care Metaverse Is More Than a Virtual Reality Next-generation technologies are already making an impact in health care. Providers and payers need strategies to ensure that these advances benefit them and their patients. Learn More Article An Rx for Launching Software as a Medical Dev...
(For example, by making it easier for patients to access healthcare, digital technologies could improve patient outcomes and lower the rate of hospital admissions and readmissions.) Consumers will be the primary beneficiaries of the lower spending, but so...
The fitness-tracking ring is the talk of the C-suite. Get ready to muscle in May 14 2024 Special ReportFuture of Healthcare New medical technologies are here. But when will they reach your GP? A synthesis of biology, data science and sociology — aided by artificial intelligence — is cre...