The Promise of Digital Health: Then, Now, and the Future
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Digital Health in the 21st Century Over the past several decades, the development and accelerated advancement of digital technology has prompted change across virtually all aspects of human endeavor. […]
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In the United States, almost 80% of office-based physicians implement EHRs in clinical practice.
“Indicatively, among non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States, more than 96% have certified EHR systems, and almost 80% of office-based physicians implement them in clinical practice [6, 7].”
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In the United States, more than 96% of non-federal acute care hospitals have certified EHR systems.
“Indicatively, among non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States, more than 96% have certified EHR systems, and almost 80% of office-based physicians implement them in clinical practice [6, 7].”
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Digital applications were categorized by two reviewers by adapting the framework 'Evolving Applications of Digital Technology in Health and Health Care'.
“First, the digital applications implemented in the included studies were categorized by two reviewers (MM, HDS) by adapting the framework, ‘Evolving Applications of Digital Technology in Health and Health Care’ [24].”
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- Authors
- Verily, Abernethy, A., Adams, L., National Academy of Medicine, Barrett, M., ResMed, Bechtel, C., Health, X., Brennan, P., Medicine, N. L. O., Butte, A., University of California, S. F., Faulkner, J., Systems, E., Fontaine, E., National Academy of Medicine, Friedhoff, S., Anthem, I., Halamka, J., Clinic, M., Howell, M., Health, G., Johnson, K., University of Pennsylvania, Long, P., California, B. S. O., McGraw, D., Ciitizen Corporation, Miller, R., Hospital, J. H., Lee, P., Microsoft Corporation, Perlin, J., The Joint Commission, Rucker, D., Health, 1., Sandy, L., UnitedHealth Group, Savage, L., Omada Health, I., Stump, L., Medicine, Y. N. H. H. S. A. Y. S. O., Tang, P., Stanford University, Topol, E., The Scripps Research Institute, Tuckson, R., Tuckson Health Connections, L., Valdes, K., & Health, B. W. C.
- Affiliations
- Verily Life Sciences LLC (United States) (US)
- National Academy of Medicine (US)
- ResMed (United States) (US)
- United States National Library of Medicine (US)
- Epic Systems (United States) (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Google (United States) (US)
- Blue Shield of California Foundation (US)
- Microsoft (United States) (US)
- Joint Commission (US)
- UnitedHealth Group (United States) (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Scripps Research Institute (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- NAM Perspectives
- Publisher
- National Academy of Medicine
- Published
- 2022-06-27
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 22
- ISSN
- 2578-6865 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9499383
- OpenAlex
- W4283392622
- Cited by
- 477
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 104 · 2025: 160 · 2024: 157 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 4
- FWCI
- 107.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- NAM Perspectives (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Technology and Human Factors in Education and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Keywords
- digital health, digital technologies, healthcare innovation, future of health care
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