The use of digital health in heart rhythm care

IntroductionDigital health is a broad term that includes telecommunication technologies to collect, share and manipulate health information to improve patient health and health care services. With the growing use of wearables, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other novel technologies, digital health is particularly relevant to the field of cardiac arrhythmias, with roles pertinent to education, prevention, diagnosis, management, prognosis, and surveillance.Areas coveredThis review summarizes information on the clinical use of digital health technology in arrhythmia care and discusses its opportunities and challenges.Expert opinionDigital health has begun to play an essential role in arrhythmia care regarding diagnostics, long-term monitoring, patient education and shared decision making, management, medication adherence, and research. Despite remarkable advances, integrating digital health technologies into healthcare faces challenges, including patient usability, privacy, system interoperability, physician liability, analysis and incorporation of the huge amount of real-time information from wearables, and reimbursement. Successful implementation of digital health technologies requires clear objectives and deep changes to existing workflows and responsibilities.

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Digital health encompasses telecommunication technologies that improve patient health and healthcare services by collecting, sharing, and manipulating health information. In the field of cardiac arrhythmias, digital health plays a significant role in education, prevention, diagnosis, management, prognosis, and surveillance.