Evolution of Digital Health: What has changed and what do we expect?
The COVID-19 pandemic created a “before” and an “after” in many areas, without a doubt including Digital Health. The pandemic conditions promoted telemedicine, like other digital tools, as the best answer to reducing physical contact and the burden on hospitals, while maintaining medical care.
“GESO a pie de cama”: Improving obstetric care and safety in Spain using Persei vivarium technology
Last week marked the launch of “GESO a pie de cama”, an initiative that complements all the projects of the Spanish Group for Obstetric Safety (GESO). This time, it enables obstetricians, through a mobile application, to efficiently collect up-to-date data on maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality.
What are the benefits of fast-track approval for Digital Therapeutics (DTx)?
As we have seen, Digital Therapeutics (DTX) go one step beyond Digital Health tools, becoming clinically validated solutions that meet the technical requirements and certifications that are necessary for their use in preventing, managing, or treating conditions and/or diseases.
What can Digital Health do in Oncology?
For many years, cancer has been one of the largest and most significant categories of disease around the world. In 2020, 18.1 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed worldwide. In Spain alone, it is estimated that there could be 286,664 cases in 2024, according to data from REDECAN (the Spanish Cancer Registry Network).
Digital Health in Heart Failure: Optimizing results with fewer resources
Heart Failure is considered by many experts to be a true epidemic. On a global level, it affects 64 million people, and according to the Spanish Heart Foundation 770,000 people have been diagnosed in Spain. It is a multifactorial disease with a high prevalence of comorbidities, which makes this condition difficult to manage and monitor.
How are Digital Therapeutics (DTx) making headway in the Spanish Health System?
Digital Therapeutics (DTx) (software that has been clinically validated and supported with scientific evidence used to prevent, manage, and treat diseases), have been increasingly adopted around the world, enabling the development of new patient-centered healthcare models focused on the efficiency and sustainability of the system.