Trenfield, SJ;
Awad, A;
McCoubrey, LE;
Elbadawi, M;
Goyanes, A;
Gaisford, S;
Basit, AW;
(2022)
Advancing pharmacy and healthcare with virtual digital technologies.
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
, 182
, Article 114098. 10.1016/j.addr.2021.114098.
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Abstract
Digitalisation of the healthcare sector promises to revolutionise patient healthcare globally. From the different technologies, cyber tools including artificial intelligence, blockchain, virtual, and augmented reality, to name but a few, are providing significant benefits to patients and the pharmaceutical sector alike, ranging from improving access to clinicians and medicines, as well as improving real-time diagnoses and treatments. Indeed, it is envisioned that such technologies will communicate together in real-time, as well as with their physical counterparts, to create a large-scale, cyber healthcare system. Despite the significant benefits that cyber-based digital health technologies can bring to patient care, a number of challenges still remain, ranging from data security to acceptance within the healthcare sector. This review provides a timely account of the benefits and challenges of cyber-based health interventions, as well an outlook on how such technologies can be transitioned from research-focused towards real-world healthcare and pharmaceutical applications to transform treatment pathways for patients worldwide.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Advancing pharmacy and healthcare with virtual digital technologies |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.addr.2021.114098 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2021.114098 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Cybermedicine, Digitised drug delivery, Industry X.0, On-demand drug manufacturing, Pharmacy or Pharma 4.0, Precision and personalized medicine, Telecommunication, computational drug discovery and development, digital and virtual twinning, electronic health (e-health) |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10141858 |
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