Digital Health Integration in Ayurvedic Practice

Abstract

Digital health has transformed European conventional healthcare delivery over the past decade through electronic health records, telemedicine platforms, wearable device integration, clinical decision support systems, and integrated digital health platforms. For Ayurvedic clinical practice, digital health integration has lagged behind conventional practice adoption but is developing rapidly, with specific integration challenges including accommodation of classical assessment frameworks (prakriti assessment, classical pulse examination, integrated lifestyle history) within standard EHR schemas, integration of Panchakarma procedural documentation, and adaptation of general clinical decision support to integrative-medicine contexts. European integrative-medicine services deploying digital health infrastructure face compounded challenges because standard European digital health platforms assume conventional-medicine clinical workflow that does not map directly to integrative-medicine practice. This study reviews 48 primary digital health studies published between 2015 and 2022 relevant to Ayurvedic clinical practice, grouped under five frames: DH1 (EHR and documentation digital systems for Ayurvedic practice), DH2 (telemedicine and remote Ayurvedic consultation), DH3 (wearable device and continuous monitoring integration), DH4 (AI and machine-learning clinical decision support in integrative practice), and DH5 (integrated digital health platform deployment for European integrative-medicine services). Each frame was scored with the Digital Health Ayurvedic Practice Index (DHAPI). Integrated digital health platform deployment (DH5) scored highest at DHAPI 0.792, with telemedicine and remote consultation (DH2) at 0.776 and AI/ML clinical decision support (DH4) at 0.764.