Identifying developments over a decade in the digital health and telemedicine landscape in the UK using quantitative text mining

Abstract

The use of technologies that provide objective, digital data to clinicians, carers, and service users to improve care and outcomes comes under the unifying term Digital Health. This field, which includes the use of high-tech health devices, telemedicine and health analytics has, in recent years, seen significant growth in the United Kingdom and worldwide. It is clearly acknowledged by multiple stakeholders that digital health innovations are necessary for the future of improved and more economic healthcare service delivery. Here we consider digital health-related research and applications by using an informatics tool to objectively survey the field. We have used a quantitative text-mining technique, applied to published works in the field of digital health, to capture and analyse key approaches taken and the diseases areas where these have been applied. Key areas of research and application are shown to be cardiovascular, stroke, and hypertension; although the range seen is wide. We consider advances in digital health and telemedicine in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Exploring usability characteristics in computer-based digital health technologies for family caregivers of people with chronic progressive conditions: a scoping review protocol

“…We will include studies published from 2012 to the present. This 10-year period was chosen to encompass studies that first conceptualized the new digital paradigm in the health care industry, 26,27 and that correspond with the emergence of new knowledge about the deleterious and positive effects of caregiving in the context of chronic progressive conditions. 3 Further, given the pace of updates in this field, the 10year period will likely capture technology that is still accessible/available, ensuring that we exclude obsolete ones with limited relevance in today's world.…”