ReviewDigital health
A critical review of the role of technology and context in digital health research.
Review in Digital health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors Influencing the Implementation and Adoption of Digital Nursing Technologies: Systematic Umbrella Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Benefits and Harms of Digital Health Interventions Promoting Physical Activity in People With Chronic Conditions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
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- Integrating a Mobile App to Enhance Atrial Fibrillation Care: Key Insights From an Implementation Study Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Preparing hospitals and health organizations for AI: practical guidelines for the required infrastructure.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Technology access, use, socioeconomic status, and healthcare disparities among African Americans in the US.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Facilitator and Barrier to Health Information System Use from Health Professionals Perspective: A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Evolution of Digital Health and Exploration of Patented Technologies (2017-2021): Bibliometric Analysis.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Design and development of a disease-specific clinical database system to increase the availability of hospital data in China.Health information science and systems · 2023Article
- Development of an Evidence-Based Conceptual Model of the Health Care Sector Under Digital Transformation: Integrative Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Review
- Implementation of a Web-Based Communication System for Primary Care Providers and Cancer Specialists.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- The Technology-Oriented Pathway for Auxiliary Diagnosis in the Digital Health Age: A Self-Adaptive Disease Prediction Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Digital life stories: Navigating together - an observation study of healthcare professionals and people living with dementia.Digital healthArticle
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
Digital health represents a research field dedicated to realising digital technologies' potential and developing knowledge about their feasibility and impacts. Yet, drawing on a critical review of the articles in the most prominent multidisciplinary digital health journals, this paper argues that the digital health field has not profoundly engaged with its core subject, namely technology. The features of digital technologies remain in the background, and research is disconnected from the complexities of healthcare settings, including multiple technologies, established practices and people. Instead, the overarching focus in the digital health literature is the processing capabilities of digital technologies and their posited impacts. This paper proposes a research direction in digital health where technology and the context of use take a more prominent role. It argues that realising the potential of digital health requires intensive investigation drawing on different disciplines, grounded on understanding healthcare processes, related informational needs and the concrete features of digital technologies.
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