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  • Digital health
  • Telehealth
  • Medical informatics

Background:

  • Digital health and telehealth have become integral to clinical care, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Connected devices like continuous glucose monitors and insulin delivery systems enhance personalized diabetes care.
  • The expansion of telehealth necessitates integrating digital data into electronic health records while ensuring data security.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the growing importance of digital connectivity in modern healthcare.
  • To propose digital connectivity as the sixth vital sign, alongside traditional vital signs.
  • To introduce a validated scale for assessing digital connectivity.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review on digital health and telehealth trends.
  • Conceptualization of digital connectivity as a vital sign.
  • Development and validation of a scale to measure digital connectivity.

Main Results:

  • Digital health and telehealth are increasingly merging, forming the basis of virtual health.
  • Successful virtual care depends on patient digital literacy, training, and access to equipment.
  • A novel scale for assessing digital connectivity has been developed.

Conclusions:

  • Digital connectivity should be recognized as a crucial component of patient assessment, akin to traditional vital signs.
  • The proposed scale can aid in evaluating patient readiness for virtual care.
  • Integrating digital connectivity assessment is vital for the future of personalized and accessible healthcare.