Integrated Care’s New Protagonist

The Expanding Role of Digital Health

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ID12831741
AutoresCarolyn Steele Gray (0000-0002-2146-0001, University of Toronto, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen21
Número4
Páginas1-1
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Integrated Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1568-4156 • E-ISSN: 1568-4156
EditorialUbiquity Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5334/ijic.6437
PMID34712108
OpenAlexW3207879404
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas23

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

Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Digital health · Digital transformation · Disease · Health care · Integrated care · Knowledge management · Normative · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Chronic Disease Management Strategies · Computer Science · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation

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