TY - JOUR
T1 - Current Knowledge and Future Possibilities of Medical Digital Technologies based on Mobile Health
AU - Salameh, Anas A.
AU - Abu-AlSondos, Ibrahim A.
AU - Abu, Noor Hidayah
AU - Harun, Aizul Nahar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors of this article. Published under CC-BY.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Medical digital technologies have the potential to improve public access to healthcare by enhancing its flexibility. The availability of complementary details about health, ailments, complications, and the most recent advancements in biomedical research are all included. Diagnostic and medical services are now becoming more available and accessible, especially in low-income countries. Regarding digital health technology, there are still a lot of challenges that need to be overcome, such as dependability, safety, testing, and ethical concerns. We propose that mobile technology should enhance rather than replace the psychiatrist-patient connection in the existing environment of inadequate regulatory oversight and scientific research to lessen possible clinical and moral harm to patients at risk. We identify potential areas of moral conflict between consumer-driven mobile businesses and healthcare practice and create a decision tree model for putting ethical safeguards in place. Informed consent, confidentiality, and shared treatment expectations are the main areas of attention for this paradigm when it comes to risk management in the therapeutic partnership. To comprehend the utility, capacity, and limitations, this study covers recent breakthroughs in mobile technologies, their applications, and a comparative analysis of their performance metrics. Understanding the weaknesses of current technologies can facilitate the creation of new frameworks with increased performance capabilities and superior service quality.
AB - Medical digital technologies have the potential to improve public access to healthcare by enhancing its flexibility. The availability of complementary details about health, ailments, complications, and the most recent advancements in biomedical research are all included. Diagnostic and medical services are now becoming more available and accessible, especially in low-income countries. Regarding digital health technology, there are still a lot of challenges that need to be overcome, such as dependability, safety, testing, and ethical concerns. We propose that mobile technology should enhance rather than replace the psychiatrist-patient connection in the existing environment of inadequate regulatory oversight and scientific research to lessen possible clinical and moral harm to patients at risk. We identify potential areas of moral conflict between consumer-driven mobile businesses and healthcare practice and create a decision tree model for putting ethical safeguards in place. Informed consent, confidentiality, and shared treatment expectations are the main areas of attention for this paradigm when it comes to risk management in the therapeutic partnership. To comprehend the utility, capacity, and limitations, this study covers recent breakthroughs in mobile technologies, their applications, and a comparative analysis of their performance metrics. Understanding the weaknesses of current technologies can facilitate the creation of new frameworks with increased performance capabilities and superior service quality.
KW - decision-tree model
KW - medical apps (MAs)
KW - medical digital technologies
KW - mhealth
KW - portable health clinic
KW - therapies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85172348679&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3991/ijim.v17i17.42801
DO - 10.3991/ijim.v17i17.42801
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85172348679
SN - 1865-7923
VL - 17
SP - 134
EP - 147
JO - International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies
JF - International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies
IS - 17
ER -