Weekly Summary 10th April 2023

COMPANIES & INVESTORS Unravelling the commercial determinants of health

The Series authors set out a bold vision in which governments, commercial actors, and civil society contribute first and foremost to...

MENTAL HEALTH & CNS A dementia deep dive

Dementia is a sensitive topic and one of the health conditions that people are most afraid of. It’s also a daunting area for early stage...

TRIALS, EVIDENCE & REGULATION Guidance: Software and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a Medical Device

Software (including AI) plays an essential part in health and social care. In the UK, many of these products are regulated as medical...

OTHER RESOURCES Journal of Patient Experience

Journal Highlights Indexed in PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus, Clarivate Analytics: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), ProQuest...

REVIEWS, SURVEYS, PREDICTIONS Understanding the research on tracking, diagnosing, and intervening in sleep disorders using mHealth

In solving the global challenge of sleep disorders, Mobile Health app is one of the important means to monitor, diagnose, and intervene...

WEARABLES Sleepless in the Age of Technology: The Apple Watch Study Shines a Light on the Gap in the Wearable

Millions of people are tracking sleep using wearable devices, but it doesn’t seem to make a dent in healthy behavior....

REVIEWS, SURVEYS, PREDICTIONS What will the future of digital health look like?

The future of digital health is rapidly evolving and transforming the industry. Integration of digital technologies has revolutionised...

ENGAGEMENT AND BEHAVIOUR The Patient Experience of the Future is Personalized: Using Technology to Scale an N of 1 Approach

Personalized experiences are more effective at creating sustained behavior change. Digitally enabled personalized outreach can improve...

HEALTHCARE Digital Health on the Rise as Japan’s Healthcare System Gets Hi-Tech Makeover

One of the factors behind the Government of Japan’s rush for a hi-tech upgrade of its healthcare system: the country’s swelling ranks of...

TELEHEALTH & REMOTE MONITORING Is the Telemedicine Boom Over?

One of the hottest segments during the beginning of the pandemic was telemedicine. The conditions that arose from the pandemic caused...

WEARABLES Does deidentification of data from wearable devices give us a false sense of security?

Wearable devices have made it easier to generate and share data collected on individuals. This systematic review seeks to investigate...

HEALTHCARE Download the 2022 FemTech Landscape Report

The 2022 FemTech Landscape Report dives deep into the industry landscape, growth, and emerging trends in female health and wellness 2022...

HEALTHCARE GERMANY’S DIGITAL RADAR: A BLUEPRINT FOR NATIONAL DIGITAL MATURITY STRATEGIES?

The German Federal Ministry of Health used a best-of-breed approach to measure the digital maturity of the country’s hospitals, merging...

COMPANIES & INVESTORS B2C2B in Digital Health, a Founder’s Playbook

B2C2B — also known as bottom up — has helped companies like Slack, Zoom, Dropbox, and other software companies break into B2B. Now B2C2B...

ENGAGEMENT AND BEHAVIOUR How to avoid the digital exclusion of patients

Digital technology has an important role to play in a modern healthcare system. Patients and the public agree with this – but they also...

AI AI tool gains doctors' trust by giving advice like a colleague

Hospitals have begun using "decision support tools" powered by artificial intelligence that can diagnose disease, suggest treatment or...

CHANGE & INNOVATION How healthcare leaders can foster a culture of digital transformation

Cultural change can be the hardest part of digital transformation in healthcare. To successfully drive this change, healthcare leaders...

HEALTHCARE 3 Tech Adoption Rules for Health Systems to Follow

Hospitals are being more careful than ever when scrutinizing ROI for new technology. Ashis Barad — Allegheny Health Network’s chief...

REVIEWS, SURVEYS, PREDICTIONS Using Personas in the development of eHealth interventions for chronic pain: A scoping review

Personas are increasingly used by researchers for scientific innovation. •More scientific rigor and transparency on the Personas process...

DATA Emerging data inputs for infectious diseases surveillance and decision making

In this review paper, we describe current and emerging data inputs being used for infectious disease surveillance and summarize key...

COMPANIES & INVESTORS SWISS DIGITAL HEALTH STARTUP MAP

This is the fourth edition of the SWISS DIGITAL HEALTH STARTUP MAP status report, following the first publication in October 2021. In...

ENGAGEMENT AND BEHAVIOUR ‘Don’t Be Creepy’: How Health Systems Can Help Build Patients’ Trust in New Tech

As health systems roll out new patient-facing technologies, they need to ensure that their patients are comfortable using these tools. To...

COMPANIES & INVESTORS 2023 Q1 digital health funding: Investing like it’s 2019

2023 started off with the hallmarks of a rebound year. While Q4 2022 signaled the tail end of the digital health funding cycle, January...

ENGAGEMENT AND BEHAVIOUR User types, psycho-social effects and societal trends related to the use of consumer health tech

Our paper aims to bridge the gap between the growing literature base of sociological research and ethical reflection on the...

TRIALS, EVIDENCE & REGULATION FDA Publishes Framework for Digital Health Technologies in Clinical Trials

On March 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a framework to guide regulatory decision-making on the use of digital...

MENTAL HEALTH & CNS Digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on depression and anxiety: a systematic review

The results demonstrated that digital intervention for insomnia yielded significant effects on alleviating depressive and anxiety...

MENTAL HEALTH & CNS Exploring how informed mental health app selection may impact user engagement and satisfaction

This study aimed to identify factors influencing engagement with mental health apps and explore how MIND may affect user engagement...

MENTAL HEALTH & CNS Taking modern psychiatry into the metaverse: Integrating augmented, virtual, and mixed reality tech

While a number of applications for this technology can be envisioned, this article will focus on leveraging the metaverse in three...

MASTER CLASS WHAT IS DIGITAL HEALTH? PART 1

This is part 1 of a short series of introductory Master Classes that seek to address one of the most challenging questions in the field...

WEARABLES A Review of Skin-Wearable Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring Applications

This review divides the health information that can be obtained from skin using the sensor aspect’s input energy forms into five...

AGEING health information attention and app usage frequency of older adults on persuasive strategies

Using personalized persuasive strategies in mobile health education (MHE) apps can effectively improve users’ health literacy and health...

HEALTHCARE AI And Healthcare Disparities: Driving A Wedge Or Closing The Gap?

If we consider the ways in which AI and other digital health technologies can overcome availability and access to healthcare services,...

TRIALS, EVIDENCE & REGULATION Digital Early Support (PECAN)

The PECAN allows the derogatory coverage of one year by the Health Insurance of sufficiently mature solutions. This early phase allows...

HEALTHCARE 2023 Global Health Outlook: How some organisations intend to respond to future staffing challenges

Healthcare organizations around the world are responding to workforce shortages, burnout, and retention. The COVID-19 pandemic might have...

TRIALS, EVIDENCE & REGULATION New approaches to evaluate digital solutions with clinical value

Evidence required for digital health solutions that claim a clinical benefit and require regulatory approval is complex and differs from...

ENGAGEMENT AND BEHAVIOUR Making Sense of Theories, Models, and Frameworks in Digital Health Behavior Change Design

The aim of this study was to better understand how digital health design leaders select and use TMFs in design practice. The questions...

ENGAGEMENT AND BEHAVIOUR A manifesto for applying behavioural science

This manifesto for the future of applied behavioural science looks at the challenges facing the field and sets out ten proposals to...

MENTAL HEALTH & CNS Providing Human Support for the Use of Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Meta-review

We aimed to summarize the results of meta-analyses of human support versus no support for DMHI use across various outcome domains,...

TRIALS, EVIDENCE & REGULATION Launch of early support for digital medical devices

Accelerating market access for innovative digital medical devices through early repayment Launch of early support for digital medical...