Digital Health Technologies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Dear Colleagues,

The healthcare systems face unprecedented financial constraints at a time of rising demand for their services. Technology can help people use care services less by supporting healthier living. Rapid advances in digital health technologies could bridge the gap between home- and center-based care delivery models by combining availability, accessibility, and responsive, individualized clinical oversights. Digital health solutions can help democratize access to medical expertise.

Technology-based interventions are associated with the more rational use of health services by helping patients and caregivers in the decision-making process. These technological solutions can make health institutions more flexible, skilled, and efficient, more orientated to meet the specific needs of citizens and professionals.

The major aim of this Special Issue is to collect new evidence, clinical experiences and review articles about the current practice for patient empowerment, health promotion and disease prevention using digital technologies.

Submissions are welcome for the following article types: original research, systematic reviews, clinical trials, case reports, and study protocols.

We particularly welcome contributions that include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Effectiveness of digital health technologies in health promotion and disease prevention;
• Diagnosis, monitoring and treatment via digital applications;
• Social media for patient/caregiver empowerment or health promotion;
• Serious games to promote behaviour changes;
• Case reports on feasibility or user acceptability of mobile interventions;
• Digital health tools for provider–patient (or family) interactions;
• Development and evaluation of medical devices.

Dr. Pedro Miguel Lopes De Sousa
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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• eHealth
• mHealth
• empowerment
• health promotion
• disease prevention
• self-management
• digital health technology
• medical devices