The promises and perils of digital strategies in achieving health equity : workshop summary

The promises and perils of digital strategies in achieving health equity workshop summary

"Health care is in the midst of a dramatic transformation in the United States. Spurred by technological advances, economic imperatives, and governmental policies, information technologies are rapidly being applied to health care in an effort to improve access, enhance quality, and decrease cos...

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Corporate Authors: Digital Health Strategies, Health Disparities, and Health Equity: The Promises and Perils of Technology: A Public Workshop (-), Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities
Other Authors: Anderson, Karen M., rapporteur (rapporteur), Olsen, Steven, rapporteur
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press 2016.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Medical technology > Congresses.
Medical care > Information technology > Congresses.
Medical care, Cost of > Congresses.
Equality > Health aspects > Congresses.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622057706719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction of the workshop
  • Technology and health disparities
  • Engaging providers and racial/ethnic minority patients in digital strategies
  • Examples of engaging racial/ethnic minority communities in digital health strategies
  • Policy and technology perspectives
  • Synthesis of workshop messages
  • References
  • Appendix A: Examples of eHealth solutions featured at the workshop
  • Appendix B; Workshop agenda
  • Appendix C: Speaker biographical sketches.

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