How Digital Therapeutics Is Reshaping Digital Health

Early on, any digital connection to healthcare was known as digital health, but with greater segmentation and specialization of the technology, new focus areas have emerged.

A major advantage of DTx is that it offers the physicians an option to connect with patients anywhere and anytime, transcending a clinic or a hospital's physical borders. Thus, primary care physicians can make the most out of the innovations in technology by engaging patients in their health with DTx tools that motivate patients toward better health outcomes.

Through advanced connectivity into EHR systems, patient records from DTx can be reviewed by a primary care physician for getting a holistic picture of the patient's health. Unlike general digital health tools, DTx applications can perform timely interventions, imparting behavioral modifications around insulin levels, dietary needs, missed medications, or heart rate activity.