Strengthening rural healthcare outcomes through digital health: qualitative multi-site case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rural populations experience ongoing health inequities with disproportionately high morbidity and mortality rates, but digital health in rural settings is poorly studied. Our research question was: How does digital health influence healthcare outcomes in rural settings? The objective was to identify how digital health capability enables the delivery of outcomes in rural settings according to the quadruple aims of healthcare: population health, patient experience, healthcare costs and provider experience.

Methods

A multi-site qualitative case study was conducted with interviews and focus groups performed with healthcare staff (n = 93) employed in rural healthcare systems (n = 10) in the state of Queensland, Australia. An evidence-based digital health capability fra

SUBMITTER: Woods L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411842 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature