npj Digital Medicine (Dec 2020)

Characteristics and challenges of the clinical pipeline of digital therapeutics

  • Nisarg A. Patel,
  • Atul J. Butte

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00370-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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In this Comment, we characterize the current pipeline of digital therapeutics and offer a clinical perspective into the advantages, challenges, and barriers to implementation of this treatment modality for patient care, which we hope will inform future regulatory policy, prescribing decisions, and scope of real-world evidence collection.