Provide equitable access to all citizens. Several social, economic, and technology challenges include:
- Socioeconomic disparities
- Digital literacy
- Healthcare system fragmentation
- Cultural and language barriers
Bridge the digital divide. This necessity is underscored by the potential of digital health to improve healthcare efficiency and patient-centricity.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
The digital divide presents challenges in ensuring equitable access to digital health resources, impacting population health management and exacerbating existing healthcare disparities. Key issues include disparities in digital literacy and the lack of tailored and culturally sensitive digital solutions for diverse communities. Addressing this divide is crucial for ensuring that the benefits of digital health reach all population segments, particularly the underserved.
Impact and Result
- Addressing digital literacy and building trust in digital health are crucial steps toward ensuring that the benefits of digital innovation are equitably distributed.
- Implement Info-Tech digital health access methodology, which includes five pillars of digital health access and addresses the gaps in digital and telehealth equity through strategy.
- Info-Tech’s strategic methodology provides guidance to help ensure that digital health technologies are accessible, understandable, and reliable and can pave the way for a more inclusive digital health ecosystem within the communities that your organization serves.