Henrycouchara

How digital health is used in todays world

To start off, Digital heath is something that almost effects everyone and anyone on this planet in todays world. To put it simply, Digital health is the concept of using technology to help improve an individual’s health and wellness. The world has become so equipped making technology faster and nicer. Due to the new machines and equipment new digital advancements are able to be made. For example, the Smartwatch which is able to track ones health. This type of device is able to measure someone's steps, calories burned, heart rate and more. "From mobile medical apps and software that support the clinical decisions doctors make every day to artificial intelligence and machine learning, digital technology has been driving a revolution in health care." In the past 20 years the world has changed completely and the way that we live and have became more dependent on technology. In the medical field technology has helped them made many advances that they would not have been able to do without it. Digital heath could also cover everything from wearable gadgets to ingestible sensors, from mobile health apps to artificial intelligence. Being able to track these things as a human makes it easier to be healthy and it lets you monitor your fitness. In the article it states that Covid has caused people limitations. There are numerous brands that create these projects which makes the product less unique, so business need to ensure their ideas are unique to get sales. For example, there are some watches that don't have the same features. Company’s need to make sure that something is unique so they can sell their product and make profit.

The Pros and Cons

When it comes to the pros of digital health there are many more good things that have came from it then cons. To start, Digital heath lets patients have access to their medical records and things like that digitally and from home which makes things so much easier for people. This makes it easier for people to access their test results quicker, Ability to share health information with family members and other relevant clinicians, and Being able to confirm and remember care plans. This also will help patients see if there are any errors being made with their medical information and can solve many peoples that could happen if you couldn't see. Also, when having the access to all of these things it saves so much time and effort and that is all what todays world is about doing something faster and easier is always better. This also includes better management of the scheduled patient plan, since not as much time, is wasted as in face-to-face farewells and welcomes.Without digital health, people wouldn’t be aware of their surroundings, and their health wouldn’t be monitored, which could leader of fact people, because sometimes digital health can showcase diseases before people are even aware of it.

Also there is cons that come to digital health, When leaving the information to the patients for them to handle by their-self can also cause confusion and create errors and mistakes. Some clinicians have asserted that doctors should have more faith in their patients and trust that patients can understand the notes in the patient portal and on their medical records. Many providers have mad the complaints that people call in with more technology issues than people with actual health problems. This makes it harder for the providers to be aware of what is the real problem and takes the focus off of the real life. Also, There are many privacy concerns and safety issues for the costumer and this will cause people to not put their information in. Finally, not all healthcare professionals are willing to adopt digital health technologies and remain in favor of more traditional methods. Digital health can become obsessive, and people can start thinking too much about the calories you burn and can lead to unhealthy eating habits. This has been a big problem among college students today.

Some digital health products

To start off, Digital health products include watches, digital heath apps, and many more products that can monitor our health and help us live healthier lives. Some of these products are

Smart watches that monitor your health

Sleep trackers

Step trackers

Fall alert products

Concerns of digital health safety

As I talked about before, one of the biggest concerns of digital health is that people's information is collected, and they don’t know what they are doing with it. When these people get their product that they think will help them they will always have concerns about this issue.