June 2022

Virtual reality – the creation of a digital environment which gives rise to strong sensory experiences–can be used to deliver motivational messaging to smokers unmotivated to stop. This image shows a screenshot from the ‘sham’ virtual reality scenario from the Hybrid Medical program. Perski et al. (2022)

Image Credit: Perski et al., Hybrid Medical

Research Articles

Associations between Florida counties’ COVID-19 case and death rates and meaningful use among Medicaid providers: Cross-sectional ecologic study

Katherine Freeman, Judith P. Monestime

PLOS Digital Health: published June 2, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000047

Artificial intelligence-powered smartphone application, AICaries, improves at-home dental caries screening in children: Moderated and unmoderated usability test

Nisreen Al-Jallad, Oriana Ly-Mapes, Peirong Hao, Jinlong Ruan, Ashwin Ramesh, Jiebo Luo, Tong Tong Wu, Timothy Dye, Noha Rashwan, Johana Ren, Hoonji Jang, Luis Mendez, Nora Alomeir, Sherita Bullock, Kevin Fiscella, Jin Xiao

PLOS Digital Health: published June 2, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000046

Spatial aggregation choice in the era of digital and administrative surveillance data

Elizabeth C. Lee, Ali Arab, Vittoria Colizza, Shweta Bansal

PLOS Digital Health: published June 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000039

The use of technology for social interaction by people with dementia: A scoping review

Merryn Anderson, Rachel Menon, Katy Oak, Louise Allan

PLOS Digital Health: published June 6, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000053

A novel interpretable machine learning system to generate clinical risk scores: An application for predicting early mortality or unplanned readmission in a retrospective cohort study

Yilin Ning, Siqi Li, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Feng Xie, Bibhas Chakraborty, Daniel Shu Wei Ting, Nan Liu

PLOS Digital Health: published June 13, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000062

Comparing different versions of computer-aided detection products when reading chest X-rays for tuberculosis

Zhi Zhen Qin, Rachael Barrett, Shahriar Ahmed, Mohammad Shahnewaz Sarker, Kishor Paul, Ahammad Shafiq Sikder Adel, Sayera Banu, Jacob Creswell

PLOS Digital Health: published June 14, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000067

Transitioning a digital health innovation from research to routine practice: Two-way texting for male circumcision follow-up in Zimbabwe

Phiona Marongwe, Beatrice Wasunna, Jacqueline Gavera, Vernon Murenje, Farai Gwenzi, Joseph Hove, Christine Mauhy, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Raymond Mugwanya, Batsirai Makunike-Chikwinya, Tinashe Munyaradzi, Michael Korir, Femi Oni, Antony Khaemba, Mourice Barasa, Marrianne Holec, Vuyelwa Sidile-Chitimbire, Mufuta Tshimanga, Isaac Holeman, Scott Barnhart, Caryl Feldacker

PLOS Digital Health: published June 15, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000066

Goal language is associated with attrition and weight loss on a digital program: Observational study

Annabell Suh Ho, Heather Behr, E. Siobhan Mitchell, Qiuchen Yang, Jihye Lee, Christine N. May, Andreas Michaelides

PLOS Digital Health: published June 16, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000050

PrimSeq: A deep learning-based pipeline to quantitate rehabilitation training

Avinash Parnandi, Aakash Kaku, Anita Venkatesan, Natasha Pandit, Audre Wirtanen, Haresh Rajamohan, Kannan Venkataramanan, Dawn Nilsen, Carlos Fernandez-Granda, Heidi Schambra

PLOS Digital Health: published June 16, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000044

Higher education responses to COVID-19 in the United States: Evidence for the impacts of university policy

Brennan Klein, Nicholas Generous, Matteo Chinazzi, Zarana Bhadricha, Rishab Gunashekar, Preeti Kori, Bodian Li, Stefan McCabe, Jon Green, David Lazer, Christopher R. Marsicano, Samuel V. Scarpino, Alessandro Vespignani

PLOS Digital Health: published June 23, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000065

A pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to quit: Assessing the feasibility of recruitment

Olga Perski, Trupti Jambharunkar, Jamie Brown, Dimitra Kale

PLOS Digital Health: published June 27, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000060

Real-time estimation of the epidemic reproduction number: Scoping review of the applications and challenges

Rebecca K. Nash, Pierre Nouvellet, Anne Cori

PLOS Digital Health: published June 27, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000052

Use of a mobile health application by adult non-congenital cardiac surgery patients: A feasibility study

Sandra M. Ragheb, Anna Chudyk, David Kent, Mudra G. Dave, Brett Hiebert, Annette S. H. Schultz, Todd A. Duhamel, Rakesh C. Arora

PLOS Digital Health: published June 29, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000055

Predicting resistance to fluoroquinolones among patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis using machine learning methods

Shiying You, Melanie H. Chitwood, Kenneth S. Gunasekera, Valeriu Crudu, Alexandru Codreanu, Nelly Ciobanu, Jennifer Furin, Ted Cohen, Joshua L. Warren, Reza Yaesoubi

PLOS Digital Health: published June 30, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000059

A pilot study of the Earable device to measure facial muscle and eye movement tasks among healthy volunteers

Matthew F. Wipperman, Galen Pogoncheff, Katrina F. Mateo, Xuefang Wu, Yiziying Chen, Oren Levy, Andreja Avbersek, Robin R. Deterding, Sara C. Hamon, Tam Vu, Rinol Alaj, Olivier Harari

PLOS Digital Health: published June 30, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000061

Review

The potential of digital molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa

The Digital Diagnostics for Africa Network

PLOS Digital Health: published June 30, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000064

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Pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to stop