Bridging the digital health divide: how providers and plans can help communities better adopt digital health tools

Bridging the digital health divide: how providers and plans can help communities better adopt digital health tools

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Issue brief (California HealthCare Foundation.)
Author(s):
Lyles, Courtney R., author
Aguilera, Adrian, author
Nguyen, Oanh, (Of UCSF Department of Medicine), author
Sarkar, Urmimala, author
Contributor(s):
California HealthCare Foundation, issuing body.
Publication:
[Oakland, California]. : California Health Care Foundation, February 2022
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Digital Divide
Digital Technology
Attitude to Computers
Diffusion of Innovation
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
A plethora of digital health tools for patients have been developed in the United States over recent years, including mobile phone applications, wearable devices, and technology linked to health care data, such as patient portals. However, there are large inequities in who is using these digital tools. The goal of this two-part series, “Bridging the Digital Health Divide,” is to provide key stakeholders with action-oriented recommendations to ensure digital health technology meets the needs of diverse patients. The goal is to ensure all patients benefit from digital health tools regardless of their cultural background, language, income, race, or ethnicity. The audience for this issue brief includes those who implement digital health products and services, including health care providers; leaders of hospitals, clinics, and health systems; information technology staff; and payers. The challenges described in the series--including the digital divide as well as digital health inequities--are multifaceted. Approaches to address these challenges must reach patients where they are, whether at the doctor’s office, at home, or on the go. The other brief in the series discusses the challenges for technology developers in ensuring equitable digital health design and suggests design principles that can help them overcome these challenges. With a focus on equity and inclusion during implementation and design, health care providers, health plans, and developers can create technology that better reaches everyone.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (9 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918573684306676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918573684306676