The Effect of Remote Digital Services on Health Care Inequalities Among People Under Long-Term Dermatology Follow-Up: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.
Serena RamjeeHanen MohamedthaniAditya Umeshkumar PatelRebeca GoirizCatherine A HarwoodRichard H OsborneChristina ChengZeeshaan-Ul HasanPublished in: JMIR dermatology (2023)
By identifying patient groups with distinguishable patterns of digital access and health literacy, our method demonstrates that 63.8% (n=74) of people attending specialist clinics in our center require support in order to optimize remote follow-up or need an alternative approach. Future efforts should streamline the READHY question profile to improve its practicality and use focus groups to elicit strategies for engaging patients with digital services.