Review of types of DHTs
CAS Digital Health — Module 1, Session 2
Overview of Digital Health
Technologies (DHTs)
Five distinct categories defined by their clinical claims — from disease-agnostic wellness tools to prescription-grade digital interventions.
| DHT Category |
Health &
Wellness |
Patient
Monitoring |
Care
Support |
Digital
Diagnostics |
Digital
Therapeutics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | Disease-agnostic digital health solutions that primarily capture and store general health data and promote healthy living | Digital solutions intended to monitor specific health data, which may be interpreted by a physician for clinical management | Digital solutions intended to help patients better manage their care of a specific disease or medical condition | Validated digital tools and software that deliver a diagnosis or prognosis of a specific disease or medical condition | Health software intended to treat or alleviate a specific disease or medical condition by generating and delivering a medical intervention |
| Claims |
No claims to treat, improve, or diagnose a medical condition
|
May make non-clinical claims to assess patient data
|
May make non-clinical claims to improve health-adjacent measures (i.e., adherence)
|
Makes a clinical claim to diagnose or assess a specific disease or medical condition
|
Makes a clinical claim to treat or alleviate a specific disease or medical condition
|
🟢 No clinical claims
🔴 Clinical claims required
Source: DTA Patient-Facing DHT Comparison Guide
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