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Digital health implications for clinical pharmacists services: A primer on the current landscape and future concerns
Author(s) -
Aungst Timothy,
Franzese Chris,
Kim Yoona
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the american college of clinical pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2574-9870
DOI - 10.1002/jac5.1382
Subject(s) - telehealth , digital health , pharmacy , telemedicine , health care , the internet , wearable computer , medicine , wearable technology , pharmacy practice , mhealth , internet privacy , business , nursing , computer science , world wide web , political science , psychological intervention , law , embedded system
Digital health has seen a rapid expansion across the health care space, impacting many health professions with recent advances in technology. Due to widespread internet access via smartphones and data collection via mobile apps, home assistants, and wearables, there is now a considerable platform to use technology to drive positive patient care impact. Clinical pharmacists may be at the center of developments related to medication adherence, remote patient monitoring, telehealth, digital therapeutics, artificial intelligence, digital biomarkers, and real‐world evidence (RWE), and will need to continually adapt their practice to incorporate these innovations. This primer aims to help clinical pharmacists gain insight into the current and future developments in this area and their implications for the pharmacy profession.