Future Well-Being with Digital Health Technologies

Abstract

A wide range of opportunities are presented by digital healthcare, and it may lead to better patient care. Tools like machine learning, mobile applications and sensors, wearables, and telemedicine may be able to enhance the conventional paradigm of clinical history, examination, differential diagnosis, and therapy. The current epidemic has accelerated the transition to this future, although significant issues still exist. Since the start of the twenty-first century, the cultural shift known as digital health has shaped the fundamental principles of healthcare. The traditional hierarchy between patients and doctors is evolving into a collaboration on an equal footing. In the following years, this transition will dominate the significant developments in healthcare. Patients will become the point of care, receiving diagnosis and treatment wherever they are thanks to portable diagnostic devices, or artificial narrow intelligence-based algorithms. These advancements will redefine what is meant by "well-being," as patients will seek medical attention prior to the onset of their first symptoms, requiring the creation of preventative strategies by professionals using a vast quantity of information about the patient and data from studies. Such innovations would invariably bring with them enormous concerns in terms of privacy, freedom of choice, and patient safety. This article examines probable future scenarios for digital health and seeks to address the key issues therein.