Guest editorial: The bright side and the dark side of digital health

Abstract

The bright side and the dark side of digital health Digital technology has transformed how individuals, organizations and societies use information to improve their decision-making in daily lives. In recent years, the healthcare industry is also actively adopting digital technology to enable the formation of digital health. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the speed of technology diffusion in the healthcare industry is even faster than before. New technologies enable medical professionals and patients to interact, provide and receive services without physical contact, thus keeping social distance. Digital health includes a lot of advanced technologies, such as mobile health (mHealth), health information technology (HIT), wearable devices, service medical robots, artificial intelligence (AI), telehealth and telemedicine, health data analytics and personalized medicine These technologies offer new exciting opportunities to improve medical outcomes, enhance healthcare efficiency and balance health resources.