Aspects of digital health

What comes under the remit of Digital Health? Which topics can be considered Digital Health ones? 

​Medical Big Data and medical data analysis:  Today increasingly large datasets related to health can be collected; many of these can be considered 'Big Data'. A range of data analysis techniques and methods exist to examine such data.

​​​Electronic Patient Records: The increasing digitisation of patient records is an important aspect of Digital Health. This enables personalised care and easy sharing of data between health professionals. The availability of such datasets can be used to study health and disease occurrence.

​​​mHealth: The use of mobile phone technology in healthcare. Today there are a large range of health related apps. An increasing number of medical devices and sensors can rely information to mobile phones, for easy access by patients. For example, blood glucose data can be measured by a path and data sent to a mobile. 

The Internet: Not to be forgotten! The Internet has enabled the easy access to medical and health information for patients and doctors. 

Wearables: An increasing array of devices are able to measure physiological features, without the need for specialist testing.

Telehealth and virtual care: The provision of healthcare via video-conferencing, or other remote means.