JAMA Network February 23, 2021
Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD

Digital health, which involves computing platforms, connectivity, software, and sensors for health care and related uses,1 has substantially increased over the past decade.2 Today, thousands of apps are available to help patients manage their health, and the field of data science has emerged to build algorithms that may be useful, for example, to help establish diagnoses, determine and monitor care, and predict outcomes, including death. However, gains from digitization remain limited from a number of perspectives. The United States and other countries have digitized but have not digitally transformed.

The lack of digital transformation is evident in that data and technology do not seamlessly integrate into the daily lives of patients to help them engage in healthier behaviors or into...

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