Accepted for/Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Date Submitted: Oct 25, 2021
Open Peer Review Period: Oct 25, 2021 - Dec 20, 2021
Date Accepted: Mar 11, 2022
Date Submitted to PubMed: Apr 18, 2022
(closed for review but you can still tweet)
Reimagining connected care in the era of digital medicine: viewpoint
ABSTRACT
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of digital health tools such as telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), which offer exciting opportunities for expanded connected care at a distance. But while the mode of clinicians’ interactions with patients and their health data has transformed, the larger framework of how we deliver care is still driven by a model of episodic care that does not facilitate this new frontier. Fully realizing a transformation to a system of continuous connected care augmented by digital technology will require a shift in clinicians’ and health systems’ approach to care delivery technology and its associated data volume and complexity. In this article, we present a solution that organizes and optimizes the interaction of automated technologies with human oversight, allowing for the maximal use of data-rich technologies while preserving the pieces of medical care considered “uniquely human.” We review implications of this “augmented continuous connected care” model for clinical practice, and offer human-centered design-informed next steps to encourage innovation around these important issues.
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