AMA announces playbook to successfully adopt digital health

BOSTON — The American Medical Association (AMA) has created a new resource to help physicians extend care beyond the exam room with technologies that are fundamentally changing the way patients interact with health care. The Digital Health Implementation Playbook offers a guide to the most efficient path for applying digital health solutions including key steps, best practices, and resources to accelerate and achieve digital health adoption. The AMA made this announcement in conjunction with the Digital Health Collaborative and Connected Health Conference taking place in Boston this week

Physicians are optimistic about the potential of digital health innovation to benefit medicine and expect to use more digital health tools in the near future, however, complex factors inhibit adoption. During an AMA-convened summit this year, innovators, researchers, physicians, and decisionmakers warned that adoption and implementation of digital health solutions can be difficult and time-consuming.