The Management Perspective in Digital Health Literature: Systematic Review.

Background: New digital health technologies are considered one solution to challenges in the health sector, which include rising numbers of chronic diseases and increased health spending. As digitalization in health care is still in its infancy, there are many unanswered questions about the impact of digital health on management.

Objective: This paper assesses the current state of knowledge in the field of digital health from a management perspective.

Evaluation of the Effect of a Multifunctional Telemedicine Device on Health Care Use and Costs: A Nonrandomized Pragmatic Trial.

Telemedicine health insurance models are highly prevalent in the Swiss health care system. Nevertheless, the potential of telemedicine is only partly being achieved, since current telemedicine health insurance models are limited to an initial contact by telephone and a gatekeeper role that organizes access to health care providers such as general practitioners, specialists, or hospitals. Against this background, a telemedicine device with diverse visual and auscultatory examination functions was made available to 2,000 telemedicine-insured clients.