Digital health refers to using technology in medicine and health professions. It aims to improve care quality and access, reduce costs, and provide personalized care. Categories of digital health include telemedicine, mHealth, electronic health records, wearables, AI/ML, chatbots, remote monitoring, 3D printing, and VR/AR. While technology offers benefits, risks include hacking, privacy breaches, and ethical challenges that need addressing. Physicians must partner with technology to improve care while maintaining human touch.

1. RECENT INITIATIVES IN DIGITAL
HEALTH
DR VENKATESH
KARTHIKEYAN
JR 3 - CFM,
AIIMS PATNA.
4852012@GMAIL.COM

2. Contents
• Introduction
• Why this topic?
• Categories of Digital Health Products and Services
• Pros & Cons
• Conclusion
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3. Introduction
• What is digital health?
Digital health refers to the use of information and
communications technologies in medicine and other health
professions to manage illnesses and health risks and to promote
wellness.
• What are the objectives of digital health?
• To improve quality of outcome of care and service
• To improve population health
• To improve stakeholder experience
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4. Why this topic?
• Digital health is gaining momentum because it is envisioned to
• Improve access to healthcare
• Reduce any inefficiencies in the healthcare system
• Improve the quality of care
• Lower the cost of healthcare
• Provide more personalized healthcare to the patients
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5. Categories of Digital Health Products and Services
1. Telemedicine
2. mHealth
3. Electronic Health Records
4. Wearable technology
5. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
6. Health chatbots
7. Remote patient monitoring
8. 3D printing
9. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
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6. Telemedicine
• Asynchronous Telemedicine
• “Store and Forward Telehealth”
• Time saving
• Flexible
• Efficient
• Examples
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7. mHealth
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8. mHealth
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10. Electronic Health Records
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An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is an electronic version of a
patients medical history, that is maintained by the provider over
time, and may include all of the key administrative clinical data
relevant to that persons care under a particular provider.

11. Wearable technology
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12. Artificial Intelligence
• It is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines/
computer programs.
• It is related to the similar task of using computers to understand
human intelligence, but AI does not have to confine itself to methods
that are biologically observable
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16. Health Chatbots
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• What are health chatbots?

17. Remote patient monitoring
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What is Remote Patient monitoring?
It is the use of connected electronic tools to record personal health and medical data in one
location that is reviewed by a provider at a different location

18. 3D Printing
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19. Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality
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20. Pros & Cons
• Hacking medical devices remotely
• Privacy breaches
• Ransomware attacks on hospitals
• Technologies supporting self-diagnosis
• Bioterrorism through digital health technologies
• Health Insurance
• Human Rejection
• Ethical challenges
• Misconceptions and overhyping
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21. Conclusion
• No physician will be able to work without advanced technologies
• Need for soft skills
• Automation is far from replacing physicians
• Investments to boost digital infrastructure
• Patients will take part in designing healthcare
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