Digital Care Horizon: A Framework for Extending Health Care Through Digital Transformation.

The population needing health care services grows faster than the management capabilities of our current health care delivery models. Patients journeying through our current health care systems receive a spectrum of services, often imperfectly matched to medical needs. We describe a framework of the Digital Care Horizon to accelerate digital transformation from the perspective of a health care delivery system. We describe service delivery models across the horizon, discuss potential challenges and partnerships to facilitate the digital extension of health care, and mention concepts beyond the current horizon.
Competing Interests: Dr Ebbert receives consulting fees from K Health, SOAP Health, and EXACT Sciences paid to Mayo Clinic. Dr Ebbert receives consulting fees from Applied Aerosol Technologies and MedInCell. The funders had no role in study design, data analysis and interpretation; in writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of the funders.