Strengthening and Sustaining Health-Related Outcomes Through Digital Health Interventions

Healthcare ICT includes a range of interventions including telemedicine, electronic health records (EHR), data analytics, artificial intelligence, sensor technology, and wearables devices. In achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the time has come to accelerate the development of affordable and sustainable health systems that respect people's needs and values. Because, as a component of a health program, it can augment capacity and improve the overall effectiveness of a health development program. Digitalization and technological advances, including sensors, are transforming connected healthcare into inclusive healthcare, enabling remote monitoring and support for chronically ill patients both inside and outside healthcare facilities. Therefore, wearable biosensors are becoming increasingly effective in the prevention, early diagnosis, control, and treatment of diseases. It has also been observed that due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the world has undergone a radical shift in healthcare with a new shift towards Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). Assistive ICT also ensures safety, social communication, and greater independence for elderly and vulnerable people with chronic diseases. Bearing in this mind, ICT-assisted healthcare paradigm has been proposed that emphasizes on socio-economic and techno-ethical dimensions of healthcare services for health and wellbeing.