Abstract
Digital Health Approaches for Improved Population Health Outcomes: Time for a Disease Vulnerability Matrix for Individuals and Communities?
Highlights
Non-communicable diseases sit on a derangement continuum
While pathophysiological heterogeneity has been shown to be predictive of the pace or intensity of such movement, it is opportune to propose a framework for integrated healthcare that monitors ongoing changes in vulnerability to various disease states, progression and in some cases, reversal of these states (1)
Within the curative interventions space, procedural interventions account for 80% of costs while drugs and consumables make up the rest
Summary
Non-communicable diseases sit on a derangement continuum. Lifestyle behaviors and socioeconomic context in addition to the access to care, control the pace and intensity of derangement of this continuum. While pathophysiological heterogeneity has been shown to be predictive of the pace or intensity of such movement, it is opportune to propose a framework for integrated healthcare that monitors ongoing changes in vulnerability to various disease states, progression and in some cases, reversal of these states (1). A combination of data science and digital technologies can help detect the risk of derangement dynamically, while behavior science can help shape behaviors that prevent, ameliorate or reverse such risk and improve health outcomes (2). Innovative means of financing would be imperative to fund such disruptive approaches within and across economies
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