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What is the primary focus of digital health?
What is the primary focus of digital health?
- Creating social media platforms for healthcare providers.
- Using digital technology to improve healthcare outcomes for people. (correct)
- Developing new software applications for medical devices.
- Replacing traditional healthcare systems with digital alternatives.
Which of the following best describes the concept of digital health?
Which of the following best describes the concept of digital health?
- The use of telehealth for remote patient monitoring only.
- The development of advanced surgical robotics.
- The exclusive use of electronic health records in hospitals.
- The application of digital technologies to enhance healthcare and well-being. (correct)
What is a key component of the third wave 'e-health' era?
What is a key component of the third wave 'e-health' era?
- Prioritizing patient-centered care through digital solutions. (correct)
- Limiting the use of IT to basic administrative tasks.
- Centralizing healthcare data processing in large institutions.
- Focusing primarily on hardware advancements in healthcare.
Which of the following is a potential benefit of digital health?
Which of the following is a potential benefit of digital health?
What characterizes the first era of digital health, occurring in the 1940s?
What characterizes the first era of digital health, occurring in the 1940s?
How does the fourth era 'Digital Health' differ from the third era 'e-Health'?
How does the fourth era 'Digital Health' differ from the third era 'e-Health'?
In the context of digital health, what does 'disruptive innovation' refer to?
In the context of digital health, what does 'disruptive innovation' refer to?
What advancement defined the second era, 'Health ICT' in the 1960s?
What advancement defined the second era, 'Health ICT' in the 1960s?
What is a key technological driver of the third era, known as 'e-Health'?
What is a key technological driver of the third era, known as 'e-Health'?
Which factor contributed significantly to the emergence of the e-Health era (2000s)?
Which factor contributed significantly to the emergence of the e-Health era (2000s)?
Which of these examples relates to the 'Citizen Centric Approach' of the fourth digital health era?
Which of these examples relates to the 'Citizen Centric Approach' of the fourth digital health era?
Which of the following would be considered an example of digital health in practice?
Which of the following would be considered an example of digital health in practice?
Why is it important to emphasize the cultural transformation in the context of digital health?
Why is it important to emphasize the cultural transformation in the context of digital health?
What does 'shared decision-making' entail within the use of data?
What does 'shared decision-making' entail within the use of data?
How do digital health technologies provide caregivers and patients with digital and objective data?
How do digital health technologies provide caregivers and patients with digital and objective data?
What is meant by 'digital health' being defined in the context of digital societies?
What is meant by 'digital health' being defined in the context of digital societies?
Which role does AIHW play in the digital health field?
Which role does AIHW play in the digital health field?
How can digital health assist patients with self-management?
How can digital health assist patients with self-management?
What is a function of Electronic Health Records?
What is a function of Electronic Health Records?
How is Psychology related to digital health?
How is Psychology related to digital health?
Flashcards
What is Digital Health?
What is Digital Health?
The use of digital technologies to improve healthcare systems for people, including providers and patients.
Digital health (AIHW definition)
Digital health (AIHW definition)
Systems, tools, and services based on information and communications technology used to treat patients and share health information.
Digital health (AIDH definition)
Digital health (AIDH definition)
Health and healthcare within digital societies, involving people, organizations, and digital interactions.
Digital health (WHO definition)
Digital health (WHO definition)
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Examples of Digital Health
Examples of Digital Health
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Benefits of Electronic Health Records
Benefits of Electronic Health Records
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Potential of Digital Health
Potential of Digital Health
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First Era of Digital Health (1940s)
First Era of Digital Health (1940s)
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Second Era of Digital Health (1960s)
Second Era of Digital Health (1960s)
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Third Era of Digital Health (2000s)
Third Era of Digital Health (2000s)
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Fourth Era of Digital Health (2020s)
Fourth Era of Digital Health (2020s)
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Study Notes
- Sharmeen Adnan is the Course Convenor and Tutor at the School of Health Sciences, and can be reached at [email protected].
- Associate Prof Junhua Xiao is acknowledged.
Learning Objectives
- The concept and development of Digital Health must be understood.
- Familiarise with the unit structure and assessment requirement of x3 assignments.
- Understand and appreciate the principles of academic integrity.
Reading Guide
- HEA10004 Unit Outline is published on Canvas.
- "Health informatics: An interprofessional approach" by Nelson, R., & Staggers, N. (2018), Second edition, published by Elsevier.
- Australia's National Digital Health Strategy
What is Digital Health?
- Digital health uses digital technologies to improve the healthcare system for people (providers and patients).
- Digital health is a cultural transformation, a disruptive innovation, and promotes shared-decision making.
- Digital health refers to systems, tools and services based on information and communications technology that can be used to treat patients and collect and share a patient's health information. (AIHW)
- Digital health is defined as health and healthcare in the context of digital societies (the people, organisations and things engaged in persistent digital interactions). (AIDH)
- Digital health is the field of knowledge and practice associated with the development and use of digital technologies to improve health.(WHO)
- There is a cultural transformation of how disruptive 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 and the democratization of care. (Mesko et al., 2017)
Examples of Digital Health
- Telehealth
- Electronic Health Records
- E-prescriptions
- E-referrals
- Wearable devices
- Electronic Health Records allow avoid adverse drug events, provide enhanced patient self-management, improvements in patient outcomes, reduced time gathering information and avoided duplication services.
Why Digital Health?
- 2.6 million Trip Advisor (Trip Advisor Mar '17 SOCIAL MEDIANEWS)
- 3.8 million lodge tax return online (ATO '16)
- 103 Mobile banking visits per person per year (ADOBE ANALYTICS)
- 17 million Facebook users (Facebook May '17)
- 8 million LinkedIn users (LinkedIn May '17)
- 75% of Aus post parcels are generated online (AUSTRALIA POST)
- 84% Go online first for health information (HEALTHDIRECT)
- 9 Average connected devices in 1 household (NBN CO)
Digital Health Potential
- Improve access to healthcare
- Reduce any inefficiencies in the healthcare system
- Improve quality of care
- Lower the cost of healthcare
- Provide more personalised care to the patients
- Improve health outcomes
What is Digital Health: An Evolutionary Perspective
- First Wave in the Early 1950's: ICT in Health
- Second Wave in the Mid 1960's: Health ICT
- Third Wave in the 2000's: E-Health
- Fourth Wave in the 2020's: Digital Health
First Era
- Electronic Age in the 1940s
- First computers were invented
- Sometimes called the "IT in Health" era
- Focused on using basic IT in healthcare
Second Era
- Health ICT in the 1960's
- Significant advancements in technology.
- Hardware
- Software
- Telecommunication
- Shared data processing centers were set up to help hospitals with administrative tasks.
- Focus of DH was mainly on healthcare organisation.
Third Era
- E-Health - The Digital Revolution in the 2000s
- Emerged due to; Demand factors
- There is a Growing need to address chronic health conditions more effectively.
- Issues are related to safety and quality within the healthcare system.
- Supply factors also emerged
- Technological advancements
- Widespread availability of the Internet.
- Rise of mobile technologies and social media.
- This era is often described as patient-centric.
- To be more accurate, it had the characteristics of patient-following.
Fourth Era
- Digital Health - Citizen Centric Approach in 2020s
- Citizen-centric approach
- Empowering individuals and communities
- Ultimate goal - improve overall health of population, not just treat illness within the healthcare system
Examples of work being done in digital health from different perspectives
- Health service
- Health Promotion
- Biomedical Science
- Neuroscience
- Nutrition
- Clinical Technologies
- Applied Statistics
- Psychology
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