The digital health industry is one that has quite tight competition. Every year, new industries and new technologies arrive and depart with quite rapid growth. Not infrequently, the digital health industry brings revolutionary capabilities to the market, while some take it by surprise. The digital health industry does not only cover industry and technology, but also related areas such as personal and health care solutions. It may be difficult to track the growth of the digital health industry, especially in 2020 which is the beginning of a pandemic that is felt in almost all corners of the world.

However, there are several health technologies that have become excellent during a pandemic and will still be health business trends in the future. This technology has been brought up in such a way

with customized ready-to-use solutions and approaches to address pandemic-related challenges. As a result, these solution-based technologies have skyrocketed, positioning them as the clear winners in today’s healthcare technology growth. Quoted from the Medicalfuture page, here are 9 digital health technologies that triumphed during the pandemic.

Home lab test

Such direct-to-consumer testing represents a clear increase in implementation in 2020. The reason is simple: it’s easy; there is no need to endanger yourself and put yourself at risk of inflammation. The authorities have even approved such in-care tests for clinical detection of COVID-19. This perfect adoption ensures the pace of such testing to dominate 2021, whether it is to test for COVID-19 or analyze their microbiome, anyone can carry out this test at home.

EKG-equipped smartwatch

Industries developing smartwatches have followed the recent trend of integrating EKG monitors in their devices. Apple, Samsung, and Withings all have monitors that can wrap around your wrist. It not only continues to be available to any consumer who can identify an unaccounted for condition but also gains approval from the body concerned and it continues to be widely recognized in the literature that this EKG text is useful.

Telemedicine

Before the pandemic, there was very little adoption of telemedicine services. In the United States, for example, before the pandemic, 82% of US consumers did not use these services. But the pandemic forced the remote care service to become quite popular, with usage of some services increasing by 158% in the same country. This explosion in the use of telemedicine sets the pace for these applications to become a new lifestyle.

Mental Health Services

Despite the pandemic, consumers have continued to shift towards mental health apps like Headspace and Calm in recent years and this trend has continued into the following years. The pandemic has also had a significant psychological effect on the population. A statistic proves that the number of people aged with mental distress has doubled during the pandemic in England alone. Therefore, the patient turns to telepsychology to seek medical help; an app that psychologists plan to keep even after the pandemic.

Lifestyle Medicine

The medical field that is currently on the rise is Lifestyle Medicine. It is defined as “a fact-based application to help people and families adopt and maintain healthy attitudes that affect health and quality of life.” By focusing on prevention actions that can be complemented by digital health solutions, Lifestyle Medicine specialists can set the pace for adoption of digital health on a larger scale. This emerging field is starting to break into mainstream medical thinking; with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine preparing a board test to certify those taking a qualified course in Lifestyle Medicine. With the adoption of digital health technology in 2020, it will continue to gain traction.

Health Network Medicine

Network medicine is a branch of network science that studies how biological factors, such as molecules and disease, and their relationships, such as metabolic pathways and shared genes, affect each other. In less than 10 days since reusing their Network medicine to create a cure for COVID-19, BarabasiLab has a record of promising drugs to be tested in human cell pathways in experimental laboratories. Their procedure exemplifies a potential new approach to reuse existing drugs for new diseases.

Good Leadership That Focuses On Health Science

During the COVID- 19 public health crisis, countries such as New Zealand, Germany, and Taiwan, whose leaders focused on science emerged as success stories. The country’s leaders make decisions based on input from scientists and the medical community and take a transparent approach to communicating reliable data to the population. Several countries such as Taiwan and South Korea boast of a digital health approach as part of the successful management of the spread of the virus.

Digital Health Investment

Considering the physical lockdowns and the pandemic economy, one might think investment in digital health has plummeted this year. In contrast, 2020 proved to be a record-breaking year for digital health investments. Just before the end of the year, in Q3 2020, total investment reached $9.4 billion, exceeding the annual high of $8.1 billion in 2018. Most of the investment has been in industries offering on-demand healthcare services as well as remote care; solutions for real needs in the midst of a pandemic.

Artificial Intelligence

The importance of artificial intelligence or Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) in health care continues to grow this year. Especially before the leading health authorities sounded the alarm about COVID-19, it was the industry’s A.I. that were already sharing the early warnings; And it happened in December 2019! The amount of A.I. research has also skyrocketed, particularly because of its assistance in medical diagnostics. The technology is also being used for various purposes to assist healthcare professionals in a pandemic from helping sufferers calculate their symptoms with chatbots to assisting in the assessment of facial scans and even coughing!