Using Digital Health Technology to Better Generate Evidence and Deliver Evidence-Based Care

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jun 12;71(23):2680-2690. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.523.

Abstract

As we enter the information age of health care, digital health technologies offer significant opportunities to optimize both clinical care delivery and clinical research. Despite their potential, the use of such information technologies in clinical care and research faces major data quality, privacy, and regulatory concerns. In hopes of addressing both the promise and challenges facing digital health technologies in the transformation of health care, we convened a think tank meeting with academic, industry, and regulatory representatives in December 2016 in Washington, DC. In this paper, we summarize the proceedings of the think tank meeting and aim to delineate a framework for appropriately using digital health technologies in healthcare delivery and research.

Keywords: clinical trial conduct; digital health technology; healthcare delivery; think tank meeting.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Technology / methods*
  • Biomedical Technology / trends
  • Clinical Trials as Topic / methods
  • Congresses as Topic* / trends
  • Delivery of Health Care / methods*
  • Delivery of Health Care / trends
  • District of Columbia
  • Evidence-Based Medicine / methods*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine / trends
  • Humans
  • Telemedicine / methods*
  • Telemedicine / trends