DIGITAL HEALTH.pptx

basics of Digital Health

1. Digital Health Dr Rinsa Vaheed, MPH December 2021

2. Introduction “Cultural transformation of technologies that provide digital and objective data accessible to both caregivers and patients leads to an equal level doctor-patient relationship with shared decision-making”

3. Future of Healthcare Focus on prevention and well being Interoperable data and platform Consumer engagement and empowerment

4. Digital technologies in Healthcare Electronic Health Records (EHR’s) mHealth Telehealth Social Media Gamification Big data

5. Electronic Health Records (EHR) Real time, patient centered records, provide immediate and secured information to authorized users. Advantage improving efficiency; increasing positive patient outcomes; population health Examples Health in digital society, Estonia 99% state services are online; EHR linked with Health Informatics System (HIS) of the country; E- prescription; E- consultation

6. mHealth Advancement of mobile application to address health priorities Increase mobile phone subscribers: Two third of the global population subscribe to mobile service by 2021 (GSMA Report 2021) Examples mSehat , Uttar Pradesh, India Uttar Pradesh had high MMR and IMR mHealth application to train the workforce Multi-media enabled content.

7. Telehealth Practice of medicine at a distance Advantage: Increase access and speed ; Reduce cost, provide service to remote population Examples Peek Vision, Kenya Portable Eye Examination Kit (Peek ), Smart phone based system for comprehensive eye testing ; Peek Acuity, the app , used to test eyesight easily and affordably using a smart phone.

8. Social Media Nearly 80% of countries reported its use primarily to learn about health issues (by WHO) Advantages Provide interaction of health care consumers, health professionals & organizations Examples Haitian earthquake, 2010 Break Dengue Belgium/ Global

9. Gamification New strategy to influence health behavior Advantage Behavioral change intervention through gaming platform Examples Behavioral e-therapy, New Zealand

10. Big data Big data can be both structured and unstructured 6 V’s in big data: Volume Velocity Variety Value Variability Veracity

11. Big data Analytics

12. Drawbacks of Digital Health Privacy issues Misuse of data Upgradation on regular basis Complex and composite process Expensive

13. Thank You

14. Google AI project for health care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbdVsi1VjQY&t=50s