Health Techequity: Opportunities for Digital Health Innovations to Improve Equity and Diversity in Cardiovascular Care.
Mario Funes HernandezFatima RodriguezPublished in: Current cardiovascular risk reports (2022)
Special efforts will need to be made to expand access to the different elements of digital health, ensuring that the digital divide does not exacerbate health disparities. As the expansion of digital health technologies continues, it is vital to increase representation of minoritized groups in all stages of the process: product development (needs findings and screening, concept generation, product creation, and testing), clinical research (pilot studies, feasibility studies, and randomized control trials), and finally health services deployment.