Digital Health
Digital health includes a variety of technologies, from app-based therapeutics to telehealth solutions and information systems. Mobile health (mHealth) and electronic health (eHealth) solutions support the prevention, management, and treatment of diverse health problems, either independently or in combination with medicines or devices. Health economics can help solve distinct challenges that digitalisation in health care brings, including value assessment.
OHE’s submission for the DHSC’s next 10 years of planning
9 December 2024
This Insight summarises the recommendations OHE submitted towards the Department of Health & Social Care’s consultation on the next 10 years of planning for the NHS.
Green Healthcare: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
11 September 2024
The climate-health crisis is a growing global concern, and identifying the right starting points is crucial.
Navigating the Landscape of Digital Health – United Kingdom
16 December 2022
Digital Health Technologies are a major trend in health care, and successfully adding them to the wider portfolio of health technologies requires coordinated involvement from various stakeholders.
Sleepio: Lessons from the Frontier of Digital Therapeutics
31 May 2022
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recently issued its first guidance for a digital therapeutic. NICE recommends the use of Sleepio for treating…
Ignoring the needs of our future workforce could have disastrous consequences for the UK NHS and its patients.
12 May 2022
Ignoring the needs of our future workforce could have disastrous consequences for the UK NHS and its patients. In economics, we have a pretty complicated name…
The Digitalisation of Health Care During COVID-19: Consideration of the Long-Term Consequences
28 April 2020
The need for social distancing in light of COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented increase in reliance on digital technologies by both health care providers and…