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Integrated Care’s New Protagonist: The Expanding Role of Digital Health
- Source :
- International Journal of Integrated Care; Vol 21: October-December 2021; 1, International Journal of Integrated Care, Vol 21, Iss 4 (2021), International Journal of Integrated Care
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Ubiquity Press, 2021.
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Abstract
- Digital health technologies hold significant promise to advance both functional and normative health and social care integration. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a window of opportunity to rapidly advance the adoption of digital solutions which can improve activities that support integration at clinical, professional, organizational and system levels. Global examples demonstrate how the pandemic has also created opportunities to use technology to address core values of integrated care like person-centredness and coordination. However, rapid and reactive changes could lead to increased fragmentation and exacerbate health inequity. This perspective paper outlines some of the opportunities and threats to advancing integrated care presented by the rapid adoption of digital health tools, suggesting we maintain a long view to ensure the stage we set today will mean greater integration tomorrow.
- Subjects :
- system transformation
Window of opportunity
Medicine (General)
Health (social science)
Sociology and Political Science
business.industry
Health Policy
Perspective (graphical)
digital health
Public relations
Digital health
implementation
integrated care
Health equity
Market fragmentation
Integrated care
R5-920
Perspective Paper
Normative
business
Set (psychology)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15684156
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f0aee27fda7d0d9be33c7161372e47b8