Abstract
In this issue we publish articles about how digital health and the skills needed to use it may increase disparities.
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AND EDITOR’S CHOICEIn this issue, we publish articles about how digital health and the skills needed to use it may increase disparities
We describe the complexity of healthcare; the importance of records that support holistic care; and of providing actionable informatics to improve patient safety
MORE POINTERS TOWARDS DIGITAL DISPARITIES. We open this edition with an interesting paper about what predicts Internet use in older adults.[2]. This is critically important for health systems as they move to implement digital health strategies
Summary
We publish articles about how digital health and the skills needed to use it may increase disparities. If you change health services from a system where the phone or a visit in person is the only way to interact with it to one with a complex set of different online tools there will inevitably be disparities, among those who find it most difficult to adapt. In research published in this issue, age, income and educational levels are important predictors of lower uptake. We describe the complexity of healthcare; the importance of records that support holistic care; and of providing actionable informatics to improve patient safety. The Editor’s choice article in this issue is the paper by Williams et al.,[1] on the use of a dashboard to improve prescribing safety
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