This extensively updated second edition describes the increasing use of digital health technologies. It reflects and describes the scenario that healthcare consumers and providers have realized the potential of digital health technologies in light of the recent global healthcare issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Smartphones have become a medical hub through which patients can connect with their medical practitioners and share their vital signs collected through wearables. Concurrently, consumer mobile health apps have shifted from providing generic functionalities to supporting specific diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and cancer. Advancements in digital healthcare have also assisted clinicians, who have relied on artificial intelligence-based applications to support their decision-making. The extent to which digital health has advanced, and is being used by medical professionals and patients, is at the core of this book.
Digital Health: From Assumptions to Implementations addresses the emerging trends and enabling tools contributing to technological advances in 21st Century healthcare practice. These areas include generic topics such as mobile health and telemedicine, as well as specific concepts such as social media for health, wearables and quantified-self trends. Also covered are the psychological models leveraged in the design of solutions to persuade us to follow some recommended actions, the design and educational facets of the proposed innovations, as well as ethics, privacy, security and liability aspects influencing its acceptance. Furthermore, sections on economic aspects of the proposed innovations are included, analyzing the potential business models and entrepreneurship opportunities in the domain.
Author(s): Homero Rivas, Thomas Boillat
Series: Health Informatics
Edition: 2
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 215
City: Cham
Contents
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Digital Health: Current and Future Trends
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Current Trends
1.2.1 Improving the Health of Populations
1.2.2 Reducing the Cost of Healthcare
1.2.3 Improving the Experience of Care
1.2.4 Improve Care Provider Experience
1.3 Future Trends
References
Chapter 2: How Mobile Technologies Are Changing the Life of Physicians and Patients in Hospitals
2.1 Introduction
2.2 At An Institutional Level
2.2.1 Enabling the Use of Hospital Health Data
2.2.2 Security, Trust and Legal Aspects
2.3 At the Provider’s Level
2.3.1 Transforming the Way to Deal with EHR
2.3.2 From Standardized to Personalized System
2.3.3 Communication and Notification
2.4 At the Patient’s Level
2.4.1 Patient Empowerment
2.4.2 Challenges of Long-term Engagement with Health Technologies
2.4.3 Communicating in Both Way
2.4.4 Assessing Apps for Quality and Safety: Use Case
2.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: The Future of Telemedicine After Covid-19
3.1 The Calm Before the Storm
3.2 The Perfect Storm and Its Surge
3.3 The Quiet After the Storm
3.4 The Future of Telemedicine and Final Thoughts
References
Chapter 4: Introducing Computer Vision into Healthcare Workflows
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Computer Vision
4.3 Algorithm Development: a Relation Between Useful Datasets and Robust Models
4.3.1 Preparing Image Datasets
4.3.2 Training Robust Models
4.4 Validation Studies: The Path from Diagnostic Performance to Clinical Effectiveness
4.4.1 Ethics
4.4.2 Interpretability and Transparency
4.4.3 Clinical Trials
4.5 Integration to Health Information Systems: What and How
4.5.1 What
4.5.2 How
4.6 Current State: Where Are We Standing?
4.6.1 The Scientific Community
4.6.2 Commercially Available Products
4.7 Future Directions
References
Chapter 5: Technology-driven Solutions in Mental Health and Physical Well-being
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Challenges in Mental Healthcare
5.3 Role of Digital Mental Healthcare
5.3.1 Mental Health Screening
5.3.2 Digital Health for Mental Disorders
5.3.3 Pandemic-driven Digital Mental Health Services
5.4 Physical Well-being
5.4.1 The Key Areas of Population Well-being: Sleep and Nutrition
5.4.2 Impact of Sleep on Health
5.4.3 Impact of Nutritional Demands on Health
5.4.4 Nutrition and Sleep Syndemic
5.4.5 Role of Technology in Physical Well-being
5.4.6 Mobile Apps
5.4.7 Wearable Technologies
5.4.8 Nutritional Tracking/Monitoring
5.4.9 Chatbots
5.5 Conclusion and Path Forward
References
Chapter 6: Present Capabilities of Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Oncology
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Use of AI in Surgical Oncology
6.2.1 Machine Learning
6.2.2 Deep Learning
6.2.3 Computer Vision
6.2.4 Natural Language Processing
6.3 Limitations on Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Oncology Research
6.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Machine Learning for Decision Support Systems: Prediction of Clinical Deterioration
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Classical Early Warning Score Systems
7.2.1 VitalPAC Early Warning Score
7.2.2 Age-Based Early Warning Score
7.2.3 Strengths and Limitations
7.3 Modern Computational Approaches for Early Warning
7.3.1 Laboratory Decision Tree Early Warning Score
7.3.2 Deep Interpretable Early Warning System
7.3.3 Advances during the Coronavirus Pandemic
7.3.4 Strengths and Limitations
7.4 Future Outlook
7.4.1 Evidence of Clinical Impact
7.4.2 Learning From Diverse and Heterogeneous Data Modalities
7.4.3 Towards a General Decision Support System
7.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Mixed and Augmented Reality in Healthcare: When Will It Deliver Its Promises?
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Possible Use of Mixed Reality in Medicine
8.3 AR and MR in Surgery
8.4 MR in Endovascular Procedures: One of the Greatest Examples of Its Usefulness
8.5 MR in Education
8.6 Patients Also Can Use MR
8.7 Challenges
References
Chapter 9: Why Healthcare Needs Blockchain
9.1 Part 1: The Promise of Blockchain for Healthcare
9.1.1 The Technology: A Primer
9.1.2 Blockchains
9.1.3 Healthcare Data
9.1.4 Case Study: The Currency and Value of Healthcare Data
9.1.5 Private Insurance Company
9.1.6 Discussion
9.1.7 Healthcare Data Economy
9.1.8 Analysing the Case Study
9.2 Part 2: The Current Landscape of Blockchain in Healthcare: A Brief Analysis
9.2.1 A Selection of our Results
9.2.1.1 List of Active Companies and Focus Areas
9.3 Part 3: A Future Vision for Healthcare Blockchains
References
Chapter 10: Nudging to Change, the Role of Digital Health
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Background
10.3 Digital Nudging Strategies
10.3.1 Default Nudge
10.3.2 Reminder Nudge
10.3.3 Feedback Nudge
10.3.4 Social Nudge
10.3.5 Framing Nudge
10.3.6 Suggesting Alternatives Nudge
10.3.7 Positioning Nudge
10.4 Digital Nudges in the Continuum of Care
10.4.1 Prevention
10.4.2 Pre-Acute Care
10.4.3 Acute Care
10.4.4 Post-Acute Care
10.4.5 Ethical Considerations
10.5 Landscape of Digital Nudging in Digital Health
10.5.1 Increasing Desired Behaviour
10.5.2 Personalized Mobile Feedback
10.5.3 Ethical Nudging Boundaries
10.5.4 Limitations
10.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: The Role of Design in Healthcare Innovation and Future Digital Health
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Towards a Definition of Design
11.3 The Role of Design in Healthcare Innovation
11.4 Design in Healthcare Innovation and Digital Health
11.5 Design and Hospitals of the Future
11.6 Design Narratives and Design Fiction
11.7 Future Healthcare Innovation and Digital Health Design Projects and Scenarios
11.7.1 Futuristic Intensive Care Units
11.7.2 HealthPod
11.7.3 Design Fiction to Envision Life in 2050
11.7.4 Assessing Pain in Pediatric Hospital Wards
11.8 Conclusions
References
Chapter 12: Medical Schools and Digital Health
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Background: Some Data
12.3 Why Should Medical Schools Teach Digital Health?
12.4 Incorporating DHT: Challenges Faced by Medical Schools
12.5 Next Steps: Course Curriculum
12.6 Discussion and Conclusion
References
Chapter 13: Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Global Health
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Opportunities for Digitization in Global Health
13.2.1 Case Study 17.1: Health Digitization in Uganda
13.3 Implementation Challenges for Digital Global Health
13.3.1 Case Study 17.2: Rearing Data-literate Clinicians in Mexico
13.4 Future Directions
13.4.1 Case Study 17.3: Medicine Adherence in India
13.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 14: Future Landscape in Digital Health
14.1 Introduction
14.2 The Future Landscape of Digital Health
14.3 Delivery of Care in the Future of Digital Health
14.4 Final Words
References
Index
