The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Internet Use and the Use of Digital Health Tools: Secondary Analysis of the 2020 Health Information National Trends Survey.

Our study did not show a widespread increase in use of digital health tools or increase in disparities in using these tools among less advantaged populations in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although some advantaged populations reported a greater increase in using the internet or electronic communication with a provider, there were signs that some less advantaged populations also adapted to an increasingly digital health care ecosystem. Future studies are needed to see if these differences remain beyond the initial months of the pandemic.