An Introduction to Digital Health: Current and Future Trends

A landscape analysis of Digital Health Technology in medical schools: preparing students for the future of health care

“…The rationale for using 'innovation' (or derivatives of 'innovation') as a search term, along with DHT, is to ensure that we capture all relevant content in the search. Since digital health is one of the biggest innovations in health care in recent years [31], if a university claims to be innovative, it would be anticipated that they are teaching digital health in their medical curriculum. Upon identi cation of those keywords, the researchers strived to interpret the context of the respective sentences to ensure that the identi ed keywords are used to describe the competencies that the school/ university aims to develop in its students, rather than describing their facilities, and/ or their learning and teaching (i.e., medical education).…”

The emerging role of digital health in the management of asthma

“…55,56 Digital health apps remain a growing market. Between 350,000 and 500,000 medical, health, and fitness apps are available for download around the world, 57,58 up from 325,000 in 2017. 59 More than 91,000 new apps were introduced in 2020 alone.…”

“…59 More than 91,000 new apps were introduced in 2020 alone. 57 Apps that support health condition management have grown in relative number, from 27% of all health apps in 2015 to 47% in 2020. 57 Among the 2580 health condition management apps, those dealing with mental health and behavioral disorders were the most common (22% of total), followed by diabetes (15%), heart and circulatory system (10%), digestive system (8%), and respiratory system (7%).…”

“…57 Apps that support health condition management have grown in relative number, from 27% of all health apps in 2015 to 47% in 2020. 57 Among the 2580 health condition management apps, those dealing with mental health and behavioral disorders were the most common (22% of total), followed by diabetes (15%), heart and circulatory system (10%), digestive system (8%), and respiratory system (7%). 57 While the number of apps continues to increase, their quality is less certain as no standardized evaluation has been established.…”

“…57 Among the 2580 health condition management apps, those dealing with mental health and behavioral disorders were the most common (22% of total), followed by diabetes (15%), heart and circulatory system (10%), digestive system (8%), and respiratory system (7%). 57 While the number of apps continues to increase, their quality is less certain as no standardized evaluation has been established. A project to develop guidance that will effectively assess the quality and reliability of health apps was initiated by the European Committee for Standardization with collaboration from the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission.…”