Medical Futurist September 11, 2018
When it’s difficult to draw a line between health IT and digital health, the “Gary-rule” as a general rule of thumb could help. It means that any tech-related issue in a healthcare setting that Gary, the IT guy can solve belongs to health IT. On the other hand, problems in the medical-technological universe, which cannot get resolved without the involvement of other stakeholders of healthcare constitute the terrain of digital health, writes Dr. Meskó in his article published in the latest edition of the Journal of Clinical and Translational Research.
The Gary-rule
It’s hard to draw a definitive line between health IT and digital health issues, although delineating a clear territory for them might help caregivers use new technologies to...