“Health information technology remains an untapped opportunity with great promise for reducing disparities in healthcare delivery and outcomes in the clinical environment.”
“That’s the contention of 12 original research papers and five editorials and commentaries published in the June supplement to the journal Medical Care.”
“The supplement, supported with funding from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, is based in part on presentations made at an NIMHD-funded workshop in collaboration with the National Science Foundation and the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved…”
“More research is needed to “investigate the potential unintended consequences of health technologies, such as identifying barriers that prevent the uptake and engagement with EHRs by medically underserved patients, develop effective approaches and models to deliver CDS in safety net clinical settings, and implement and evaluate the best models for the inclusion and…” Read the full article here.
Source: NIH touts potential of IT to address healthcare disparities – By Greg Slabodkin, June 3, 2019. HealthData Management.
