Digital health advances are revolutionizing how health care is practised and received, but this is happening at varying rates in different ways across populations. Digital health – or simply the technology used in health care – ranges from mobile apps, robotic care and doctor video-calling to electronic records. In some cases, digital health innovation has increased access to and productivity of health services; in others, however, it has created inequalities.
This session investigated the factors behind these disparities and considered how an awareness of cultural perspectives could help to inform answers and identify solutions. It examined the impact of culture on digital health design, implementation and acceptance. Understanding this relationship and the fast-paced changes in digital health can improve the quality of health care and promote ways to address existing health inequalities.
The panel consisted of Professor Emma Rich, Department for Health of the University of Bath, Ms Anna Stavdal, President-elect of the World Organization of Family Doctors and Mr Clayton Hamilton, Technical Officer of the WHO Europe.
The webinar was live streamed at 13:00–14:00 CET (12:00–13:00 GMT)
