Healthcare in the Digital Age

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic relationship between digital technology and healthcare delivery, emphasising sustainable innovation in health services. It explores how digital technologies improve healthcare outcomes, enhance patient and community experiences, and streamline healthcare management, while addressing ethical, philosophical, and policy challenges tied to healthcare digitization.

Examining trends such as telemedicine, AI diagnostics, data security, and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), the book highlights global case studies, lessons learned, and strategies for integrating these technologies sustainably. It discusses the contextual, economic, and social impacts of digital health, presenting frameworks for their evaluation and improvement.

Advocating for regulatory policies that prioritise privacy, accessibility and enhance responsible initiative, the book calls for collaborative approaches. Aimed at healthcare professionals, policymakers, and academics, this resource provides insights into creating a more efficient and equitable healthcare system, aligning with the broader goals of public health and social justice.

Marta Bertolaso is Full Professor of Philosophy of Science and Human Development at University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome. Her expertise in philosophy of science, biomedical sciences and scientific practice has allowed her to promote and collaborate in interdisciplinary research and educational projects on complex organised systems and human development.

Maria Laura Ilardo is a postdoctoral researcher at University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome on the "Emerging Concepts in Biomedicine: An Integrated Approach” project. With an MSc in Pharmacy and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences (philosophy of science and pharmacology), her research covers drug safety, pharmacovigilance, causality, risk assessment-management, digital health.

Jaume Ribera is Emeritus Professor of Operations, Information and Technology at IESE Business School. His current research interests lie in the areas of operations improvement management, health systems management and project management.