Acceptability of and Willingness to Take Digital Pills by Patients, the Public, and Health Care Professionals: Qualitative Content Analysis of a Large Online Survey.

Astrid M Chevance Axel Fortel Adeline Jouannin Faustine Denis Marie-France Mamzer Philippe Ravaud Stéphanie Sidorkiewicz

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2022)

The prospective acceptability of and willingness to take digital pills were limited by clinical and ethical concerns both at the individual and societal level. Our results suggest that digital pills should not be considered a mere change in the form of drug administration but a complex intervention requiring specific evaluation before extended use in clinical routine practice as well as an ethical and legal framework to ensure safe and ethical collection and use of health data through a patient-centered approach.

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