Farwati Medhat, Riaz Haris, Tang W H Wilson
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk J3-4, Cleveland, OH 44195 USA.
Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2021;23(2):12. doi: 10.1007/s11936-020-00885-z. Epub 2021 Jan 16.
Despite advancements in the diagnostic and therapeutic armamentarium, heart failure (HF) remains a major public health concern in the USA and worldwide. Digital health applications hold promise to bridge this gap and improve HF care. This review will provide the reader with a concise overview of the current digital health applications in HF, the main challenges to its use, and discuss the future of digital health for promoting care for HF patients.
Emerging evidence continues to support the potential role of digital health across the continuum of HF disease process including primary prevention, early detection, disease management, and reducing associated morbidity. There is also increasing emphasis on the need to pursue rigorous investigations to validate these promising claims, with some successful stories that have changed clinical practices.
Digital health technologies have emerged as potentially useful tools to complement HF care in both research and clinical realms. As digital technologies continue to play an increasing role in transforming healthcare delivery, creating the framework for its effective use would be necessary to ensure that digital health applications consistently improve outcomes and enhance care for HF patients.
尽管诊断和治疗手段有所进步，但心力衰竭（HF）在美国乃至全球仍是一个重大的公共卫生问题。数字健康应用有望弥补这一差距并改善HF护理。本综述将向读者简要概述当前HF领域的数字健康应用、其使用面临的主要挑战，并探讨数字健康在促进HF患者护理方面的未来发展。
新出现的证据继续支持数字健康在HF疾病全过程中的潜在作用，包括一级预防、早期检测、疾病管理以及降低相关发病率。人们也越来越强调需要进行严格的调查以验证这些有前景的说法，并且已有一些成功案例改变了临床实践。
数字健康技术已成为在研究和临床领域补充HF护理的潜在有用工具。随着数字技术在改变医疗服务提供方式方面继续发挥越来越大的作用，有必要创建其有效使用的框架，以确保数字健康应用持续改善结局并加强对HF患者的护理。
