Will Digital Health Widen Or Close The Health Inequity Gap?

This study shows real-world positive results of peer-to-peer mentoring for diabetes patients. Disruptive technologies have a tendency to widen gaps – before closing them It is hard to predict the rate at which digital health becomes reality for everyone. But thinking back to what we know about former examples of how disruptive – not that anyone called them that then – technologies spread, we see a tendency that they tend to widen the gap at first but close them later.  From electricity to washing machines, from polio vaccines to mobile phones – there was a period for each when the benefits were only available for a small group of people, but eventually they became the norm. The post Will Digital Health Widen Or Close The Health Inequity Gap? appeared first on The Medical Futurist.
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