Unlocking Health Equity through Digital Health Technologies

By HEOR Staff Writer

August 15, 2023

Exciting insights from ISPOR’s latest article, “The Impact of Digital Health Technologies on Health Equity: Designing Research to Capture Patient-Reported Outcomes”. The article explores the potential of ePROs/ePROMs in capturing crucial health data, especially from underserved populations. It highlights the need for future research to understand health equity-related data needs and the design of these digital tools.

This could be a game-changer in identifying and addressing social determinants of health, reducing disparities in healthcare delivery, and understanding diseases from a patient’s perspective.

 

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