Digital health technology tools; healthcare delivery; participatory care; personalized care; challenges; development; implementation; multidisciplinary; lecture series; workshop; healthcare challenges; interdisciplinary teams; patient feedback; measurement technologies; data integration; interoperability; data science; scalable designs; open standards; regulatory requirements; evaluation; improvement; innovation; regulatory compliance; ethical concerns; AI adoption; privacy; open science; financial sustainability; ethical implications; legal implications; social implications; best practices; healthcare professionals; engineers; developers
Abstract :
[en] Digital health technology tools (DHTT) have the potential to transform healthcare delivery by enabling new forms of participatory and personalized care that fit into patients' daily lives. However, realizing this potential requires careful navigation of numerous challenges. This viewpoint article presents the authors' experiences and perspectives on the development and implementation of DHTT, addressing both established practices and controversial topics. The manuscript offers a practical guide organized into ten recommendations, derived from a multidisciplinary lecture series and associated workshop discussions on "Digital Health and Digital Biomarkers" held at the University of Luxembourg in 2023/2024. Key messages include the need to understand specific healthcare challenges, form interdisciplinary teams, incorporate patient feedback, select appropriate measurement technologies, ensure data integration and interoperability, apply advanced data science techniques, use scalable designs and open standards, comply with regulatory requirements, and maintain continuous evaluation and improvement.
While the guide highlights essential practices, it also addresses contentious issues such as balancing innovation with regulatory compliance, addressing ethical concerns in AI adoption, managing privacy versus the need for comprehensive data integration and open science, and managing the financial sustainability of DHTT. The authors argue that digital health's greatest potential lies in its ability to provide participatory and personalized care, but this requires a delicate balance between technological advances and ethical, legal, and social implications.
Overall, this workshop-derived viewpoint aims to help healthcare professionals, engineers, developers, and researchers not only adopt best practices, but also address and resolve the controversial aspects inherent in the development of DHTT.
Research center :
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB): Biomedical Data Science (Glaab Group)
Disciplines :
Biotechnology Human health sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Loo, R.T.J.
Nasta, F.
Macchi, M.
Baudot, A.
Burstein, F.
Bove, R.
Greve, M.
Fröhlich, H.
Khalid, S.
Küderle, A.
Moore, S.L.
Storms, V.
Torous, J.
GLAAB, Enrico ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) > Biomedical Data Science
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