156 - There Is an App for That: Digital Health Advancements and More!

HelixTalk - Rosalind Franklin University's College of Pharmacy Podcast

Sean P. Kane, PharmD, BCPS

Health & Fitness, Medications, Rosalindfranklin, Rfums, Pharmacy, Pharmd, Pharmacist, Medicine, Drugs

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🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we will define Digital Health, its categories and examples, describe how pharmacists are involved in DH practice, opportunities and limitations and future of DH. We will also discuss what implications DH has for educators, educational institutions, student pharmacists, pharmacists, and practice of pharmacy in general.

Key Concepts

Digital Health is currently a broad umbrella category that uses mobile health, telehealth, web-based platforms, personalized medicine, and IT to provide scalable patient care.
There are several focused areas within DH that would impact pharmacy practice by warranting pharmacist oversight or collaborative insights.
There is positive data for pharmacist-led DH interventions using mobile apps and web-based tools, but the use of telehealth modality has mixed results.
Pharmacists need to stay current in their knowledge and skills for utilizing DH tools in integrative and collaborative patient care.

References

Aungst TD, Franzese C, Kim Y. Digital health implications for clinical pharmacists services: A primer on the current landscape and future concerns. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2020;4(4):514-524. DOI: 10.1002/jac5.1382. https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jac5.1382
American Association of Colleges of pharmacies. Digital Health Workshop - Resources. https://www.aacp.org/resource/digital-health-workshop-resources (Lists resources from Digital Therapeutics Alliance and Digital Medicine Society)
Park T, Muzumdar J, Kim H. Digital Health Interventions by Clinical Pharmacists: A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 4;19(1):532. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010532. PMID: 35010791; PMCID: PMC8744767.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Helix Talk, an educational podcast for healthcare students and providers covering real-life clinical pearls, professional pharmacy topics, and drug therapy discussions.
0:11.0	This podcast is provided by pharmacists and faculty members at Rosal Franklin University College of Pharmacy.
0:17.0	This podcast contains general information for educational purposes only. This is not professional
0:22.4	advice and should not be used in lieu of obtaining advice from a qualified health care provider.
0:27.2	And now on to the show. Welcome to Helix Talk episode 156. I'm your co-host, Dr. Kane.
0:36.2	And I'm Dr. Patel. And the title of today's episode is
0:40.5	there is an app for that, digital health advancements and more. In this episode, we're going to
0:46.5	define digital health. I don't think we've talked about that before. Provide some categories
0:52.0	and examples within each category and particularly talk about how it relates to pharmacy and pharmacists and practice in future,
1:01.0	as well as share some examples of current practices where pharmacists are involved in digital health,
1:07.0	and then kind of discuss as we are educators, how we are shaping the curriculum or education
1:13.1	in pharmacy to train future pharmacists.
1:16.4	Dr. Patel, I'm so excited about today's episode because I've heard a ton about digital
1:20.9	health, specifically with pharmacy education, but just as the role of the pharmacist is evolving,
1:26.4	I've heard a lot about digital health.
1:28.1	And to be honest with you, I'm not that familiar with the topic.
1:30.8	So I'm very excited that we're going to delve deeper into it and give the audience a good
1:35.1	overview of what it actually means when we talk about digital health and what the role
1:39.2	of that pharmacist is in the future.
1:41.5	I love it.
1:42.1	And we do have some great articles and references in the show notes.
1:47.2	Dr. Timothy Engst, and I read one of his publication and he said that right now we're calling
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