Implementation of Digital Health Technologies: Ensuring Privacy and Security, Safety, and Usability-Webinar Recording

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This webinar invites osteopathic professionals to engage with the Digital Health Innovation Community and learn about advancing digital health in osteopathic medicine. Dr. Mark Zhang, a palliative care physician and informatician, discusses implementing digital health technologies with a focus on privacy, security, safety, and usability. He shares a COVID-19 screening tool case study, "COVID Pass," developed rapidly during the pandemic at Brigham and Women's Hospital, emphasizing user-centered design, iterative improvements, stakeholder engagement, and secure data management. The tool evolved into "WorkWell," supporting occupational health broadly. Dr. Zhang highlights challenges such as change management, interoperability, and funding, recommending starting small, continuous communication, and leadership support. He stresses the alignment of digital health with osteopathic holistic principles and the need for osteopathic-specific solutions, especially in education and research, to leverage emerging technologies like AI and extended reality. Doug Mirsky, Vice President of the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), presents the DiMe Seal—an evaluation framework certifying digital health software's quality, trust, evidence base, privacy/security, and usability, promoting responsible adoption by providers and patients. The framework integrates existing certifications to avoid duplication and supports ongoing reassessment. The DiMe Seal aims to simplify and standardize product evaluation, accelerating adoption of trustworthy digital health tools. The session concludes with a Q&A, encouraging participation and further discussion.

Keywords

Digital Health Innovation

Osteopathic Medicine

COVID Pass

WorkWell

Digital Health Privacy and Security

DiMe Seal Certification

AI and Extended Reality in Healthcare