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Fourth Annual Digital Health Summit (Photo by Robert Gill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite contending with the season\u2019s first snowstorm, members of the local, national, and international digital health community made a strong showing at the Fourth Annual Digital Health Summit on December 3. The event, held at Dartmouth College, was hosted by Geisel School of Medicine\u2019s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Attendees came together to discuss the expanding field of digital therapeutics (DTx), which deliver medical interventions directly to patients using evidence-based, clinically evaluated software to treat, manage, and prevent a broad spectrum of diseases and disorders. These tools can leverage smartphones, AI, and wearables to tackle chronic conditions, improve patient engagement, lower costs, and extend care beyond clinical settings\u2014offering personalized, data-driven solutions for better health outcomes.<\/p>\n

But with these opportunities come many challenges. Attendees considered aspects of both as they examined the scientific, regulatory, policy, payer, industry, and implementation landscapes of their rapidly evolving field.<\/p>\n

In her welcome and opening remarks, Lisa Marsch, director of the CTBH and the Andrew G. Wallace Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Biomedical Data Science at Geisel, said, \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to once again have the opportunity to bring together leaders and stakeholders in this space, to help create a future where we can leverage digital health tools to tackle some of our biggest healthcare challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fourth Annual Digital Health Summit (Photo by Robert Gill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The summit\u2019s morning presentations included: a global perspective on recent developments in DTx, by Andy Molnar, senior vice president and head of Digital Health, American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action; reimagining mental health care through digital therapeutics, by Vaile Wright, senior director of Health Care Innovation, American Psychological Association; and using FDA tools to build transparent, accountable GenAI technologies for mental health, by Aubrey Shick, X-FDA, digital health\/policy and product strategy consultant, Launch and Logic, LLC.<\/p>\n

In addition, promising results from a phase 3 study\u2014showing the benefit of using a digital therapeutic to treat schizophrenia\u2014were shared by Cornelia Dorner-Ciossek, global brand head for Prescription Digital Therapeutics, Boehringer Ingelheim.<\/p>\n

In a series of interactive panel discussions that followed, featured guests and audience members discussed topics across several key areas. These included: an overview of the global DTx market landscape, including market trends and business models; the promise of the FDA\u2019s new framework for adding prescription drug use related software (PDURS) to drug labels; and the promise and challenges of AI-enabled DTx and their associated regulatory considerations.<\/p>\n

Digital Health Summit Photo Gallery (Photos by Robert Gill):<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The summit\u2019s final session provided a snapshot of recent innovations in digital health at CTBH. Paul Barr, associate professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, talked about the opportunities and ethical perils of AI powered clinic visit recordings. Marsch and Nicholas Jacobson, associate professor of CTBH, gave an overview of Evergreen\u2014a novel AI-enabled platform developed to help students flourish. And Bethany Soloman, assistant vice president for principal gifts and venture philanthropy at Dartmouth Health and Geisel, discussed building an innovative ecosystem at Dartmouth to drive impact.<\/p>\n

In her closing remarks, Marsch thanked all the participants, inviting them to attend the post-event reception and poster session. \u201cAs one of our presenters said earlier, \u2018I hope today leaves us feeling empowered, confident, and collaborative\u2019 and excited to keep the conversation going. While it\u2019s clear that we have a lot of challenges in healthcare to address, I think that as a community we are well-positioned to meet those challenges in a really impactful way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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