[HTML][HTML] Mapping inequities in digital health technology within the World Health Organization's European Region using PROGRESS PLUS: scoping review

KE Woolley, D Bright, T Ayres, F Morgan, K Little… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background The use of digital technologies within health care rapidly increased as services
transferred to web-based platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inequalities in digital …

[HTML][HTML] Factors influencing the acceptability, acceptance, and adoption of conversational agents in health care: integrative review

M Wutz, M Hermes, V Winter… - Journal of medical Internet …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Conversational agents (CAs), also known as chatbots, are digital dialog
systems that enable people to have a text-based, speech-based, or nonverbal conversation …

Towards digital health equity-a qualitative study of the challenges experienced by vulnerable groups in using digital health services in the COVID-19 era

AM Kaihlanen, L Virtanen, U Buchert, N Safarov… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has given an unprecedented boost to already
increased digital health services, which can place many vulnerable groups at risk of digital …

A question of access: Exploring the perceived benefits and barriers of intelligent voice assistants for improving access to consumer health resources among low …

P Nallam, S Bhandari, J Sanders… - Gerontology and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Intelligent voice assistants (IVAs) such as Amazon Echo and Google Home present a
promising opportunity to improve access to consumer health information and resources for …

Challenges and strategies for promoting health equity in virtual care: findings and policy directions from a scoping review of reviews

S Budhwani, J Fujioka… - Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objective We sought to understand and synthesize review-level evidence on the challenges
associated with accessibility of virtual care among underserved population groups and to …

Future of digital health and community care: Exploring intended positive impacts and unintended negative consequences of COVID-19

ML Fang, M Walker, KLY Wong… - Healthcare …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Response to COVID-19 has both intentionally and unintentionally progressed the
digitization of health and community care, which can be viewed as a human rights issue …

Technological risks and ethical implications of using robots in long-term care

L Hung, J Mann, J Perry, A Berndt… - … of Rehabilitation and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction The pandemic provides a unique opportunity to examine new directions in
innovative technological approaches in long-term care (LTC) homes. While robotics could …

[HTML][HTML] Learning and use of eHealth among older adults living at home in rural and nonrural settings: systematic review

E Airola - Journal of medical Internet research, 2021 - jmir.org
Background Care policies emphasize deinstitutionalization and aging in place in response
to demographic changes. Different eHealth technologies are one way to achieve this aim …

Health equity related challenges and experiences during the rapid implementation of virtual care during COVID-19: a multiple case study

S Shahid, S Hogeveen, P Sky, S Chandra… - International Journal for …, 2023 - Springer
Background Virtual care quickly became of crucial importance to health systems around the
world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the potential of virtual care to enhance …

Lost in translation? Conceptions of privacy and independence in the technical development of AI-based AAL

KV Hartmann, N Primc, G Rubeis - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2023 - Springer
AAL encompasses smart home technologies that are installed in the personal living
environment in order to support older, disabled, as well as chronically ill people with the …