Editorial: Digital health and virtual health care for adults and older adults: innovative technological solutions for diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation

The social and health costs of caring for the elderly are high due to frailty, polypathology, and disability derived from cardiovascular, neurological/psychiatric diseases, with a significant improvement after the COVID-19 pandemic (1), so the new watchword is “aging in place.” Technological solutions to reduce dependency on caregivers are now commonplace (2). Digital technology is rapidly transforming healthcare for adults and older adults, through devices, sensors, IoT solutions, services, and programs that can lead to improved clinical awareness and therapeutic advances. The development of safe, reliable, and intelligent medical devices or wearable devices at sustainable costs makes healthcare accessible to people and improves around the world (3).