Category: digital health

Public Health Impact of Digital Health: Reinventing the Wheel

a cell phone being held by a stethoscope and a figure looking at the cell phone and thinking about reinventing the wheel

“Digital health has potential to improve health management, but the current state of technology development and deployment requires a “buyer beware” cautionary note.” (Perakslis and Ginsburg, JAMA, 2020) In a recent JAMA viewpoint, Perakslis and Ginsburg summarize the current state of digital health and discuss approaches in evaluating benefits, risks and value of these technologies. Read More >

January 15, 2021 by Muin J. Khoury and W. David Dotson, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

genomics, public health