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The Impact of Digital Health Technologies on Chronic Disease Management

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Asif, Muhammad, Gaur, Pramod·2025·Telehealth and Medicine Today
DOI 10.30953/thmt.v10.556
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Advances in digital health technologies have the potential to redesign chronic disease management and enable new directions for better patient outcomes and improved healthcare delivery. The focus here is on congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, and opioid use disorder, with an emphasis on the identification of barriers to equitable implementation and to propose research directions to enhance digital health efficacy and scalability. Investing in digital health solutions and innovation makes it possible for the healthcare industry to maintain quality of care, achieve better patient outcomes, and lower the burden of chronic diseases on a healthcare system. This paper explores common challenges and opportunities and proposes future research directions. Unlike earlier reports that focused on implementation barriers and provided an umbrella review of patient experiences, this article uniquely synthesizes evidence across conditions to establish best practices and cross-cutting barriers. In addition, it highlights the growing role of artificial intelligence in digital health—a topic often underexplored in prior works.

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Authors
Asif, M., & Gaur, P.
Affiliations
City College of New York (US)
ORCID
Asif, Muhammad
Venue
Telehealth and Medicine Today
Publisher
Partners in Digital Health
Published
2025-03-31
Volume
10
Issue
1
ISSN
2471-6960 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.30953/thmt.v10.556
OpenAlex
W4409031025
Cited by
15
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0
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2026: 10 · 2025: 5
FWCI
19.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Telehealth and Medicine Today (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
Keywords
digital health technologies, chronic disease management, congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, opioid use disorder, implementation barriers, equitable implementation, artificial intelligence in healthcare, scalability, patient outcomes, health care delivery

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