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Digital and technological opportunities in epilepsy: Toward a digital ecosystem for enhanced epilepsy management.

R. Shegog,Lana Braverman,J. Hixson

Published 2019 in Epilepsy & Behavior

ABSTRACT

This commentary details the implications of a growing body of literature supporting several categories of supportive digital tools for the self-management of epilepsy. Although many prior review articles have focused on specific forms of digital epilepsy solutions, we propose the concept of an integrated self-management digital ecosystem. This would include categories of tools including self-management education programs, electronic diaries for self-monitoring, and automated wearables for seizure detection. Within these categories, individual interventions have been studied and made available to patients for years, but the evolution of a digital ecosystem promises the potential to integrate these tools in a manner that can meaningfully benefit patients' health. This commentary presents a discussion of the possible concerns that are preventing more widespread adoption of these digital health resources. Barriers are identified at multiple positions of the healthcare system, including the individual, the organizational, the community, and the policy levels.

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