A Spotlight on Patient- and Physician-Driven Digital Health and Mobile Innovation in Male Reproductive Medicine

Autor: Adithya Balasubramanian, Aaron Spitz, Larry I. Lipshultz, Justin Yu, Jorge Rivera-Mirabal, Nannan Thirumavalavan, Michael L. Eisenberg, Alexander W. Pastuszak
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Current Sexual Health Reports. 12:261-265
ISSN: 1548-3592
1548-3584
DOI: 10.1007/s11930-020-00280-6
Popis: What is the goal of your paper? What questions did you seek to answer? Digital health is an emerging discipline that utilizes hardware and software tools to improve healthcare delivery efficiency and accessibility. Technologies that fall under the digital health umbrella include mobile phone applications, telemedicine, and social media networks. The goal of this review is to highlight two mobile phone applications that were developed for premature ejaculation and Peyronie’s disease. Summarize the latest research on your topic. Through the course of our review, we aim to highlight how these applications were conceived, the manner in which users interface with these tools and future directions for these software solutions. We identified that patients and practitioners alike are creating digital health solutions based upon personal and clinical experiences. What answers did you find? What are the major takeaways/conclusions of your examination? What’s the impact on future research? The major takeaway of our examination is that digital health is an emerging area of innovation and investigation. Existing solutions however need further real-world evaluation to assess their clinical validity.
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