Health Disparities, Clinical Trials, and the Digital Divide.

ABSTRACT: In the past few years, there have been rapid advances in technology and the use of digital tools in health care and clinical research. Although these innovations have immense potential to improve health care delivery and outcomes, there are genuine concerns related to inadvertent widening of the digital gap consequentially exacerbating health disparities. As such, it is important that we critically evaluate the impact of expansive digital transformation in medicine and clinical research on health equity. For digital solutions to truly improve the landscape of health care and clinical trial participation for all persons in an equitable way, targeted interventions to address historic injustices, structural racism, and social and digital determinants of health are essential. The urgent need t

SUBMITTER: Adedinsewo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10825871 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature