Alvarez-Perea Alberto, Dimov Ves, Popescu Florin-Dan, Zubeldia José Manuel
Allergy Service Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón Madrid Spain.
Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute Madrid Spain.
Clin Transl Allergy. 2021 Sep 6;11(7):e12061. doi: 10.1002/clt2.12061. eCollection 2021 Aug.
Portable devices, such as smartphones and mobile Internet access have become ubiquitous in the last decades. The term 'eHealth' stands for electronic health. The tools included in the eHealth concept utilize phones, computers and the Internet and related applications to improve the health care industry. Implementation of eHealth technologies has been documented for the management of different chronic diseases, including asthma and allergic conditions. Clinicians and patients have gained opportunity to communicate in new ways, which could be used cost-effectively to improve disease control and quality of life of those affected. Additionally, these innovations bring new opportunities to academic researchers. For example, eHealth has allowed researchers to compile data points that were previously unavailable or difficult to access, and analyse them using novel tools, collectively described as 'big data'. The role of eHealth become more important since early 2020, due to the physical distancing rules and the restrictions on mobility that have been applied worldwide as a response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. In this review, we summarize the most recent developments in various eHealth platforms and their relevance to the speciality of allergy and immunology, from the point of view of three major stakeholders: clinicians, patients and researchers.
在过去几十年里，智能手机和移动互联网接入等便携式设备已变得无处不在。“电子健康”（eHealth）一词代表电子医疗。电子健康概念中包含的工具利用手机、电脑、互联网及相关应用程序来改善医疗行业。电子健康技术在包括哮喘和过敏疾病在内的不同慢性病管理中的应用已有记录。临床医生和患者有了以新方式交流的机会，这些方式可经济高效地用于改善疾病控制和患者的生活质量。此外，这些创新为学术研究人员带来了新机遇。例如，电子健康使研究人员能够收集以前无法获得或难以获取的数据点，并使用统称为“大数据”的新工具对其进行分析。自2020年初以来，由于为应对2019冠状病毒病疫情而在全球实施的社交距离规则和出行限制，电子健康的作用变得更加重要。在本综述中，我们从临床医生、患者和研究人员这三个主要利益相关方的角度，总结了各种电子健康平台的最新发展及其与过敏和免疫学专业的相关性。
