Table 7.
Technology | Key features | Advantages | Limitations |
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Telemedicine | Video consultations with healthcare providers | ↑ Access to professional care, ↑ convenience, ↓ travel time and costs | Inability to conduct physical exams, potential for technical difficulties especially on the patient side |
Wearables | Devices worn on the body to track health metrics | Continuous data collection and monitoring, ↑ patient awareness | Questionable accuracy in some metrics/devices |
AI-based diagnostics | Use of artificial intelligence for data analysis and diagnosis | ↑ Efficiency, ↓ costs, No human error | Current AI models may have limited ability to handle complex cases, potential errors/bugs in algorithms |
Mobile health apps (mHealth) | Smartphone apps for tracking health metrics and managing conditions | ↑ Patient engagement and self-management, ↑ access to health information | Limited accuracy and reliability in some metrics, potential for data privacy concerns |
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