Digital technologies are rapidly being integrated into almost every area of the healthcare industry. It is a broad umbrella term that refers to the use of digital technologies to enable universal healthcare access, improve healthcare quality, and enhance wellness. It may be regarded as the systematic application of digital technologies to support informed decision making by individuals, the health workforce, and health institutions, in order to improve health outcomes and wellness for all. It is becoming a pervasive component of healthcare practice, with applications in almost all areas of the healthcare sector. It has attracted lots of attention in the past decade in several nations worldwide. This paper provides an introduction to digital health. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Uwakwe C. Chukwu | Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi | Sarhan M. Musa "Digital Health" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46453.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electrical-engineering/46453/digital-health/matthew-n-o-sadiku
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Digital Health
Matthew N. O. Sadiku
1
, Uwakwe C. Chukwu
2
, Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi
3
, Sarhan M. Musa
1
1Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
2Department of Engineering Technology, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, USA
3Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, USA
ABSTRACT
Digital technologies are rapidly being integrated into almost every
area of the healthcare industry. It is a broad umbrella term that refers
to the use of digital technologies to enable universal healthcare
access, improve healthcare quality, and enhance wellness. It may be
regarded as the systematic application of digital technologies to
support informed decision-making by individuals, the health
workforce, and health institutions, in order to improve health
outcomes and wellness for all. It is becoming a pervasive component
of healthcare practice, with applications in almost all areas of the
healthcare sector. It has attracted lots of attention in the past decade
in several nations worldwide. This paper provides an introduction to
digital health.
KEYWORDS: digitalization, digital technologies, digital health,
digital healthcare, digital care, digital medicine
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