@article{699339280ad84ac394fa6be104827033,
title = "Digital Health Paradox: International Policy Perspectives to Address Increased Health Inequalities for People Living With Disabilities",
abstract = "The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the uptake of digital health worldwide and highlighted many benefits of these innovations. However, it also stressed the magnitude of inequalities regarding accessing digital health. Using a scoping review, this article explores the potential benefits of digital technologies for the global population, with particular reference to people living with disabilities, using the autism community as a case study. We ultimately explore policies in Sweden, Australia, Canada, Estonia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to learn how policies can lay an inclusive foundation for digital health systems. We conclude that digital health ecosystems should be designed with health equity at the forefront to avoid deepening existing health inequalities. We call for a more sophisticated understanding of digital health literacy to better assess the readiness to adopt digital health innovations. Finally, people living with disabilities should be positioned at the center of digital health policy and innovations to ensure they are not left behind.",
keywords = "AUTISTIC ADULTS, CARE EXPERIENCES, TELEHEALTH, WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY, digital health, digital technologies, disability, eHealth, health policy, health systems, inclusion, people living with disabilities",
author = "{van Kessel}, Robin and Rok Hrzic and Ella O'Nuallain and Elizabeth Weir and Wong, {Brian Li Han} and Michael Anderson and Simon Baron-Cohen and Elias Mossialos",
note = "Funding Information: EO{\textquoteright}N participated in this research independently of her role at Deloitte, where she is employed. Furthermore, Deloitte did not provide funding or other support for this research. EW received funding from the Corbin Charitable Trust, Autism Research Trust, Rosetrees Trust, and the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care East of England at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust. SBC received grant 214322\Z\18\Z from the Wellcome Trust. For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC-BY public copyright license to any author accepted manuscript version arising from this submission. In addition, SBC received grant 777394 from Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (the funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results. Any views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the funders). The Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, AUTISM SPEAKS, Autistica, and the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI). SBC also received funding from the Autism Research Trust, SFARI, the Templeton World Charitable Fund, the Medical Research Council, and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre. The research was supported by the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care East of England at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough National Health Service Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, NIHR, or Department of Health and Social Care. The funding agencies did not play a role at any stage in the development of this article. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Journal of Medical Internet Research. All rights reserved.; European Health Policy Group Annual Conference ; Conference date: 03-12-2021",
year = "2022",
month = feb,
day = "22",
doi = "10.2196/33819",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
journal = "Journal of Medical Internet Research",
issn = "1439-4456",
publisher = "JMIR Publications Inc.",
number = "2",
url = "https://www.ehpg.org/post/digital-health-care-challenges-opportunities-and-lessons-learnt",
}