Application of Healthcare Information Technology in surveillance, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases- A Short Communication

ABSTRACT

Digital health services in recent times furnish health education, awareness, monitoring of vitalsigns, disease prediction and also can be used as diagnostic tools, primarily through machinelearning and deep learning applications. These big datasets acquired through digital health lay outthe disease trends, patient health insights and act as a better predictor of future health outcomes.Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) outcomes have been seen to have decreased significantly withapplication of digital health outcomes in Western countries. The deaths from CVD in India have risen from 2.26 million in 1990 to 4.77 million in 2020.Using digital technologies to promote healthy lifestyle changes embracing healthy behaviors cansupport early diagnosis, effective management and appropriate clinical decisions. This focus ifadopted in India can bring dynamic changes in the CVD health scenario essentially tackling theburden of cardiovascular diseases.