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Advancing pharmacy and healthcare with virtual digital technologies.
- Source :
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Advanced drug delivery reviews [Adv Drug Deliv Rev] 2022 Mar; Vol. 182, pp. 114098. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 05. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Digitalisation of the healthcare sector promises to revolutionise patient healthcare globally. From the different technologies, virtual tools including artificial intelligence, blockchain, virtual, and augmented reality, to name but a few, are providing significant benefits to patients and the pharmaceutical sector alike, ranging from improving access to clinicians and medicines, as well as improving real-time diagnoses and treatments. Indeed, it is envisioned that such technologies will communicate together in real-time, as well as with their physical counterparts, to create a large-scale, cyber healthcare system. Despite the significant benefits that virtual-based digital health technologies can bring to patient care, a number of challenges still remain, ranging from data security to acceptance within the healthcare sector. This review provides a timely account of the benefits and challenges of virtual health interventions, as well an outlook on how such technologies can be transitioned from research-focused towards real-world healthcare and pharmaceutical applications to transform treatment pathways for patients worldwide.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
- Subjects :
- Biomedical Technology
Clinical Trials as Topic
Drug Development organization & administration
Drug Discovery organization & administration
Health Information Exchange
Humans
Machine Learning
Mobile Applications
Remote Sensing Technology methods
Research Design
Time Factors
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration
Virtual Reality
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Technology methods
Drug Industry organization & administration
Health Care Sector organization & administration
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1872-8294
- Volume :
- 182
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Advanced drug delivery reviews
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34998901
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2021.114098