Digital Health—The Need to Assess Benefits, Risks, and Value
Eric Perakslis, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg
Abstract
This Viewpoint reviews the regulatory, ethical, and security issues attending the explosive growth in digital health technologies (apps, devices, and systems) and proposes a framework for evaluating the benefits, risks, and value of these new tools before recommending them for routine clinical care.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineDigital healthValue (mathematics)Risk analysis (engineering)Health careExplosive materialEconomic growthMachine learningEconomicsChemistryComputer scienceOrganic chemistryArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealthcare cost, quality, practicesEthics in Clinical Research