Digital health technologies and inequalities: A scoping review of potential impacts and policy recommendations
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · Université de Montréal
Abstract
Digital health technologies hold promises for reducing health care costs, enhancing access to care, and addressing labor shortages. However, they risk exacerbating inequalities by disproportionately benefitting a subset of the population. Use of digital technologies accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our scoping review aimed to describe how inequalities related to their use were conceptually assessed during and after the pandemic and understand how digital strategies and policies might support digital equity. We used the PRISMA Extension for scoping reviews, identifying 2055 papers through an initial search of 3 databases in 2021 and complementary search in 2022, of which 41 were retained. Analysis was…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 99.12
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 99
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3Topics & keywords
- eHealth
- Inequality
- Digital health
- Telehealth
- Equity (law)
- Health equity
- Digital divide
- Health care
- Reduced inequalities