| Autor: |
Suzuki T; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, Japan., Nagasu H; Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan.; Digital Health Research Working Group of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, Japan., Ebara T; Department of Ergonomics, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan., Kagiyama N; Digital Health Research Working Group of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, Japan.; Department of Digital Health and Telemedicine R&D Faculty of Health Science, Juntendo University, Japan.; Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan., Kishi T; Digital Health Research Working Group of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, Japan.; Department of Graduate School of Medicine (Cardiology), International University of Health and Welfare, Japan., Yano Y; Digital Health Research Working Group of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, Japan.; Department of Advanced Epidemiology, NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan., Kario K; Digital Health Research Working Group of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, Japan.; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan., Nishiyama A; Digital Health Research Working Group of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, Japan.; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Japan., Arima H; Digital Health Research Working Group of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, Japan.; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan., Kawai F; Library, Center for Academic Resources, St. Luke's International University, Japan., Shibata S; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan., Node K; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saga University, Japan., Mizuno A; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, Japan.; Digital Health Research Working Group of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, Japan.; Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
Digital health, which encompasses digital medicine and therapy, integrates advanced technologies across healthcare. Central to this transformation is 'digitization,' which converts continuous analog data into a discrete digital form. However, this process is challenging. First, digitization inherently has the potential to introduce information loss, thereby diminishing the richness and complexity of data. Second, "digit bias," a cognitive distortion, emerges in the interpretation phase, where individuals' perceptions of and reactions to digital data are intrinsically skewed. There exist two major cognitive biases during digitization process: "digit preferences," where healthcare providers prioritize specific numbers, and "left digit bias" where continuous variables are disproportionately estimated by focusing on the leftmost digit. Although information loss and cognitive biases can cause significant distortions in healthcare, the effects of this "digitization" process have not been adequately quantified, and the accumulation of further evidence in this field is anticipated. |
