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Digital health and care refers to products and services that use information and communication technology to improve prevention, diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, and health and lifestyle management. Digital health and care can innovate and improve access to care, the quality of care, and the health sector's overall efficiency...

Medical facilities and health clinics use mobile healthcare apps to interact with patients and track their progress and care. Many European countries experienced rapid adoption of mobile apps as a response to COVID-19 in 2021, primarily to handle appointments for mass vaccination initiatives. But, in the present and future, how might hospitals, clinics, and medical institutions benefit more broadly from health technology?

The increased use of mobile phone applications in healthcare has resulted in a slew of diabetes management apps. Patients can use these apps to enter information, track their progress, and receive feedback.
While patients appreciate the ease of being able to follow their data with a smartphone instead of a notebook, diabetes mobile apps are also providing windows of insight into data that was previously only available to healthcare professionals.

Healthcare today is hugely centralized, delivered through sparse infrastructure: clinics and hospitals, and a sparse workforce: clinicians. There is an estimated shortfall of 7 million doctors globally. This results in delays to treatment and care, limited access to clinicians, and high health and social care costs.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led to many challenges for our health. It is one of the most contagious diseases to have hit us in decades. As governments and health organizations scramble to contain the spread of coronavirus, they need all the help they can get. Alongside this, individuals seek new forms of support to avoid infection and help with recovery if they become ill. This shift in health concerns has drawn forth much interest from those working in health technology. HealthTech, as it’s often called, is a broad term covering any technology solution in use within medical care, enabled by modern computing or engineering.