ICT&health February 8, 2021
There have been many predictions on what’s next for digital health. Will it be telehealth visits as standard for primary care? Will wearables measure and diagnose more conditions? Will remote monitoring become routine for chronic condition management? How about robotics?
But when you examine the evidence of what is having a real impact on health, virtual coaching apps and services show the biggest impact for the future. Many of these services began by adopting the successful in-person diabetes prevention program from the Center for Disease Control in the US and implemented through the YMCA. With the growing epidemic of diabetes in the US and the trend toward this beginning in Europe, preventing diabetes has become a public health priority.
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