Advances in Digital Healthcare: A Decades-Long View of Successes and Barriers
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Digital Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 264
Special Issue Editors
2. Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Interests: real-time use of EHR and other data to improve healthcare; using healthcare systems to scale clinical and epidemiologic research; epidemiology of chronic episodic diseases
Interests: use of electronic health records to support innovation in care process redesign; use of EHR audit log data for measuring processes and outcomes of care; development, implementation, and evaluation of digital health tools to support patients and clinicians in managing complex chronic conditions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Digital health encompasses the use of health information technologies (e.g., IT, CRM, wearables, mobile health, telehealth and telemedicine), and other means (e.g., digital therapies, self-management devices) of maintaining or improving health and value in healthcare.
The focus of this Special Issue is how digital health impacts timely access to optimal patient outcomes. Specific topics can include areas of digital health focused on care access, patient flow, patient support services (e.g., care gap management, care coordination, care management, etc.), patient self-management, real-time performance improvement analytics, etc.
Submissions should include: (1) a focus on a defined area of digital health; (2) a review of findings from previous scoping or systemic reviews, including an extension of prior work; (3) an overall assessment of impact or lack thereof; (4) reasons for success or lack thereof; and (5) future expectations.
Prof. Dr. Walter F. Stewart
Dr. James B. Jones
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital health
- value in healthcare
- patient outcomes
- systematic or scoping review
- real-time data
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