Abstract
Personal Digital Health Assistants (PDHA) are applications that can run on virtually any computer or mobile device including a smart phone/ personal digital assistant (PDA). A PDHA acquires, stores, and analyzes health related information of an individual. It usually communicates with remote servers of a large organization which can connect it to various resources. PDHAs are an integral part of telehealth. Their utility has increased manyfold since the start of the pandemic. The systems are increasingly more complex and are involved in all aspects of care. The PDHA are usually utilized by patients or their caregivers with assistance from professionals. Many automated systems can be utilized free of charge. Some are available as part of a prepaid health plan.
Highlights
Increasing number of patients that anesthesiologists care for, utilize a Personal Digital Health Assistants (PDHA)
Personal Digital Health Assistants (PDHA) are applications that can run on virtually any computer or mobile device including a smart phone/ personal digital assistant (PDA)
PDHAs are an integral part of telehealth
Summary
Increasing number of patients that anesthesiologists care for, utilize a PDHA. anesthesiologists may utilize PDHAs for diagnosing and managing patients as discussed below. Large medical databases have been accumulated by some medical insurers, national health services, and medical institutions These have been used to train AI systems to mimic diagnoses and management decisions of physicians. Voice recognition may allow these systems to listen in on the physician patient consult and suggest differential diagnosis and management. This can be done in real time or off-line. They are most useful in pre-primary care setting They pre-diagnose, triage, and can connect the patient to the appropriate medical facilities, providers, support services, and resources. Many systems provide the option to pass information to in-house or outside physicians who manage the patient, usually for a fee or as part of a prepaid plan. Some PDHAs provide an application programming interface to facilitate communication with EMRs and other systems
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