The cultural transformation called digital health has been shaping the fundamental basics of healthcare since the beginning of the 21st century. The doctor–patient hierarchy has been transforming into an equal-level partnership. Patients are becoming empowered, thus giving birth to the empowered physician movement. The role of physicians has been changing from being the key holder to the ivory tower of medicine to being a guide for patients in the jungle of health and digital information. This transformation will dominate the major changes in healthcare in the coming decades. Advanced technologies such as sensors, portable diagnostic devices, or artificial narrow intelligence based algorithms will make patients the point-of-care receiving diagnosis and treatment wherever they are. These developments will redefine well-being as patients will enter healthcare before their first symptoms arise and will need their medical professionals to design preventive plans using a huge amount of data obtained about the patient and from studies. Such changes will inevitably come with unprecedented challenges around privacy, the freedom of choice, and patient safety. This article discusses potential scenarios about the future of digital health and aims at addressing the major challenges around that.

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数字健康技术与未来的福祉

自 21 世纪初以来，被称为数字健康的文化转型一直在塑造医疗保健的基本基础。医患关系已经转变为平等的伙伴关系。患者正在变得赋权，从而催生了赋权医生运动。医生的角色已经从医药象牙塔的钥匙持有者转变为在健康和数字信息丛林中为患者提供指导。这种转变将主导未来几十年医疗保健的重大变化。传感器、便携式诊断设备或基于人工智能的算法等先进技术将使患者成为随时随地接受诊断和治疗的护理点。这些发展将重新定义福祉，因为患者将在出现第一个症状之前进入医疗保健，并且需要他们的医疗专业人员使用从患者和研究中获得的大量数据来设计预防计划。这种变化不可避免地会带来围绕隐私、选择自由和患者安全的前所未有的挑战。本文讨论了有关数字健康未来的潜在场景，旨在解决围绕该问题的主要挑战。