Health Equity

The digital divide becomes a new social determinant of health

Abstract: The rise in the use of telehealth and other digital care tools has highlighted growing concerns over whether access to high-speed internet will further widen health disparities.

Publication: Modern Healthcare

Date Published: February 22, 2021

Author(s): Steven Ross Johnson

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