NOVEMBER 2020CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM9on risks themselves to provide social services (for example, food, transportation) to Medicare and Medicaid patients in a patient's community.The influx of data from the molecular to behavioral level will provide unprecedented insight into diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The interdisciplinary nature of computational health presents innovation and partnership opportunities for startups and established organizations. We are now at the early stage of data collection and discovery: We are still discovering new insights about our genome every day and we still know very little about our epigenome and proteome. Advances in data analysis may one day enable us to create a detailed molecular atlas of our body that simulates changes based on various diseases and changes in the environment (Virtual Human). In addition, there are many opportunities in technologies that help hospitals effectively deploy increasingly costly labor resources and meaningfully reduce supply cost, predict acute events, ensure delivery of care in the most appropriate setting, and enhance patient experience and health outcomes for an ever older, sicker, and more complex population. The challenges facing healthcare providers and payers are significant and so are the opportunities for innovative companies with effective solutions. By computing health, providers can design treatments that are targeted, precise, and uniquely suited for individuals. One area where the applications of these advances have clear potential is in digital therapeutics.Digital therapeutics, a subset of digital health, is a health discipline and treatment option that utilizes a digital and often online health technologies to treat patients.The treatment relies on behavioral and lifestyle changes usually spurred by a collection of digital impetuses. Because of the digital nature of the methodology, data can be collected and analyzed as both a progress report and a preventative measure. Treatments are being developed for the prevention and management of a wide variety of diseases and conditions, including type II diabetes, congestive heart failure, obesity, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, asthma, substance abuse, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and several others. Digital therapeutics may provide information on mental health issues affecting the quality of life of patients with various disease states and chronic conditions which are not often captured by providers or in survey based research. Further incorporating successful techniques into long term treatment plans may improve patient outcomes and reduce costs to offset treatment and therapy options currently being offered in oncology and other disease areas. Currently several companies are offering portals for patients to access digital therapies and other companies are offering specific software/devices or online resources for digital therapy. The potential for this technology is to provide real time health and preventative care that is supported by integrated patient data and can improve patient outcomes while reducing costs.
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