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Podcast: Trending Health
Episode: Enabling Equity In Digital Health
Description: The recent proliferation and adoption of digital health technologies is often heralded as a key mechanism in closing the gap when it comes to health disparities. In this episode, Jen and Mindy are joined by special guest DJ O’Connor to discuss equality barriers in digital health and how healthcare leaders can develop more equitable solutions. The pandemic has accelerated the availability and adoption of digital healthcare, socioeconomic disparities prevent vulnerable populations from accessing from these innovations and create a “digital divide” (01:30). Even when access is not an issue, digital healthcare tools may not provide equivalent benefits across users (04:39) and ad...