Digital Health

Empowering 8 Billion Minds: Enabling Better Mental Health for All via the Ethical Adoption of Technologies

by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 28, 2019 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Foreword The Global Future Council on Neurotechnologies represents a diverse group of experts drawn from psychiatry, psychology, brain science, technology, advocacy and the public sector. They are passionate about stimulating the global conversation on mental...

A Vision for a Person-Centered Health Information System

by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 1, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Introduction The person-centered health information system (PCHIS) of the future leverages information technology enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI) to support better, safer, and more affordable health care. The vision presented in this paper describes a...

Accelerating Precision Health by Applying the Lessons Learned from Direct-to-Consumer Genomics to Digital Health Technologies

by Molly Doyle | Mar 19, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Emerging Opportunities for Digital Health Digital health technologies have emerged in recent years, providing opportunities for engaging with consumers and integrating with the health care system to realize precision medicine, defined as “an evidence-based...

Philanthropy and Beyond: Creating Shared Value to Promote Well-Being for Individuals in Their Communities

by Kyra E. Cappelucci | Apr 21, 2017 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

This article is a joint publication initiative between The Permanente Journal and the National Academy of Medicine.   Abstract Health care organizations can magnify the impact of their community service and other philanthropic activities by implementing programs...

Data Acquisition, Curation, and Use For a Continuously Learning Health System: A Vital Direction for Health and Health Care

by Laura DeStefano | Sep 19, 2016 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

About the Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Series This publication is part of the National Academy of Medicine’s Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Initiative, which called on more than 100 leading researchers, scientists, and policy makers from...