Many of these studies focus on using digital health for cardiometabolic conditions, including heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
Analysts examined the most explored clinical categories for digital health. They published their findings in JAMA Internal Medicine. Below, are the top 13 clinical categories where digital health is being studied:
- Cardiometabolic: 21.4 percent
- Mental health: 12.1 percent
- Wellness: 10.2 percent
- Neurology: 6.4 percent
- Pulmonary: 6.3 percent
- Substance abuse: 6.3 percent
- Hematology-oncology: 6 percent
- Autoimmune: 4.7 percent
- Infectious disease: 4.3 percent
- Obstetrics-gynecology: 3.5 percent
- Musculoskeletal or pain: 3 percent
- Surgery: 1.8 percent
- Renal: 1.4 percent
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