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Edited By Ana Luisa Neves, Lilliana Laranjo

ISBN: 9781041005650
Pages: 130. 7 B/W Illustrations
Format: Hardcover
Published: August 2025
Publisher: CRC Press

Description:

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the role of Digital Health technologies in Primary Care. Discussing the transformative potential of Digital Health solutions and their impact on healthcare delivery within the Primary Care setting, the book offers insights, considers strategies, and shares practical guidance for all Primary Care providers interested in leveraging digital innovations to enhance patient outcomes and optimise care delivery.

Key Features:

• Content specific to and tailored for primary care and family medicine
• Provides expert opinion and thought leadership on key enablers and hindrances of digital technology within health care systems
• Includes concepts of patient and provider co-design of ideal systems and real-world examples of successful integrations of technologies into patient-centred models of care
• Delivers the essential knowledge for practitioners and policy makers to develop and implement digital health innovation and service redesign

Through structured description of the spectrum of existing digital innovations, all applicable within and relevant to Primary Care, this timely new guide will support clinicians, innovators, and policy makers to maximise the opportunities and challenges that these technologies present. This guide will also enable future doctors, whatever their career aspirations, to understand the importance of digital innovation and its applications in health systems and patient-centred care.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Chapter 1 Understanding Digital Health in Primary Care
Chai Carol Chan, Jako Burgers, Pramendra Prasad, Mehmet Ungan, Karen Kinder, Azeem Majeed and Ana Luisa Neves
Chapter 2 Digital Health Tools for Clinical Practice 
Edmond Li, Olivia Lounsbury, Bernardo Sousa-Pinto, Unben Pillay, Avivit Golan Cohen and Shlomo Vinker
Chapter 3 The Role of Digital Health in Patient-Centered Care
Keith Thompson, Hüsna Sarıca Çevik, Hans Eguia, Bridget L. Ryan, Moira Stewart and Tom Freeman
Chapter 4 Improving Clinical Effectiveness Through Digital Interventions 
Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Eric Kojo Nsa Oduro, Obed Kwabena Offe Amponsah, Douglas Aninng Opoku, Jacopo Demurtas and Benedict Hayhoe
Chapter 5 Safety and Unintended Consequences
Ulrik Bak Kirk, Rebecca Payne, Ana Ferreira, Andree Rochfort and Nancy Matillya
Chapter 6 Equity and Digital Divide
Steven van de Vijver, Paulien Tensen, Raquel Gómez Bravo, Francisca Gaifém, Pratyush Kumar and Mercy Wanjala
Chapter 7 User-Centred Design and User Experiences with Digital Health
Geva Greenfield, Ana Rita Luz, Boon How Chew, Kam Cheong Wong and Cristina Jácome
Chapter 8 Implementing Digital Health Solutions in Primary Care
Geronimo Jimenez, Marise Kasteleyn, Niels Chavannes, Raluca Zoițanu, Ahmed Alboksmaty
Chapter 9 Digital Health Sustainability and Systems Thinking Approaches
Nick Guldemond, Melita Sogomonjan and Mariam Beridze
Chapter 10 Conclusion: Transforming Primary Care Through Digital Health 
Liliana Laranjo, Sara Ares-Blanco, Amanda Howe, Sankha Randenikumara and Donald Li

Why Buy This Book?

Because primary care is evolving—and digital health is no longer optional.
This book offers a practical, evidence-based guide to how digital innovations can transform everyday clinical practice. With insights from international experts, it explores telemedicine, data integration, equity, safety, user experience, and implementation frameworks that every practitioner or policymaker needs to master.

Whether you are a family doctor, digital innovator, or health systems leader, this is the go-to resource to bridge technology and human-centred care. It helps professionals not only understand but apply digital transformation strategies that genuinely improve patient outcomes.

Keywords

digital health, primary care, family medicine, telemedicine, healthcare innovation, patient-centred care, clinical effectiveness, digital interventions, health equity, user-centred design, sustainability, health systems, digital divide, implementation science, public health, health technology, policy making, clinical practice, digital transformation, healthcare delivery

Target Audience

primary care physicians, family doctors, general practitioners, healthcare policymakers, medical educators, healthcare managers, digital health researchers, clinical innovators, telemedicine providers, health IT professionals, medical students, healthcare administrators

Genre

Medicine, Healthcare Management, Digital Health, Family Medicine, Public Health, Professional Reference, Academic Textbook

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