Digital Technology Application for Improved Responses to Health Care Challenges: Lessons Learned From COVID-19.
Can J Cardiol
; 38(2): 279-291, 2022 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1604002
ABSTRACT
While COVID-19 is still ongoing and associated with more than 5 million deaths, the scope and speed of advances over the past year in terms of scientific discovery, data dissemination, and technology have been staggering. It is not a matter of "if" but "when" we will face the next pandemic, and how we leverage technology and data management effectively to create flexible ecosystems that facilitate collaboration, equitable care, and innovation will determine its severity and scale. The aim of this review is to address emerging challenges that came to light during the pandemic in health care and innovations that enabled us to adapt and continue to care for patients. The pandemic highlighted the need for seismic shifts in care paradigms and technology with considerations related to the digital divide and health literacy for digital health interventions to reach full potential and improve health outcomes. We discuss advances in telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, and emerging wearable technologies. Despite the promise of digital health, we emphasise the importance of addressing its limitations, including interpretation challenges, accuracy of findings, and artificial intelligence-driven algorithms. We summarise the most recent recommendation of the Virtual Care Task Force to scaling virtual medical services in Canada. Finally, we propose a model for optimal implementation of health digital innovations with 5 tenets including data management, data security, digital biomarkers, useful artificial intelligence, and clinical integration.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Civil Defense
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Telemedicine
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Biomedical Technology
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Can J Cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.cjca.2021.11.014
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