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디지털 치료기기의 현황 및 개발 동향과 시사점

Current Status, Development Trends and Implications of Digital Therapeutics (DTx)

  • 이성희 (지능정보융합연구실) ;
  • 배민호 (지능정보융합연구실)
  • S.H. Lee ;
  • M.H. Bae
  • 발행 : 2024.08.01

초록

As the demand for a healthy life increases and the use of information technology expands, interest in digital healthcare has increased. Among the digital healthcare technologies, digital therapeutics (DTx), which are capable of disease prevention, management, and treatment rather than simple healthcare, are expected to play a key role in future healthcare services. As interest in untact remote treatment that can minimize the risk of viral infection has rapidly increased since the spread of COVID-19, the application of DTx has received much attention because it can partially replace face-to-face treatment for mental illnesses, chronic diseases, and other diseases, reducing concerns about infection. In addition, because of the nature of software, DTx have lower toxicity and fewer side effects than existing treatments and do not require manufacturing, transportation, and storage like general medicines. Hence, they can be supplied in large quantities at low cost and have the advantage of lowering medical costs. However, despite these advantages, it has been pointed out that there are difficulties in investment and universal use because of the complexity of pricing and malpractice compensation. In other words, if it is difficult to prove and measure the improvements in disease management and treatment using DTx and it takes a considerable amount of time and money to do so, it will be difficult to attract investment from stakeholders such as medical providers and pharmaceutical companies. In this paper, we examine the domestic and global application status and development trends of DTx and determine the relevant implications.

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과제정보

본 연구는 한국전자통신연구원 연구운영비지원사업(기본사업)의 일환으로 수행되었음[24ZT1110, 인공지능기반 디지털치료 솔루션 기술 개발].

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