How Will the Digital Tools Change Healthcare?

ABSTRACT

Digital technology has transformed our lives. Healthcare is not an exception. Many devices have showed up in various areas of healthcare to offer new value. The first area affected is diagnostics. New devices in combination with smartphones make it possible to perform tests at home that would have been done only at hospitals. The diagnostic tests may lead to treatment in everyday life. Several medical apps called 'Digital Therapeutics' have been clinically validated and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as therapeutic medical devices usually as a complement to standard therapy. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been utilized in diagnostics and treatment. In particular, AI has shown promising capability in image interpretation and prediction.