Health Populi December 4, 2024
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

Among 127 health determinants, two rank highest: digital divides in the era of tech-enabled health and care: digital divides that shape a person’s political, economic, and social environment, and the person’s health/disability status.

The digital transformation of health and care compel us to re-consider and re-frame social determinants of health in the “digital age,” which is what the World Health Organization in collaboration with the London School of Economics have done in research, published this week in the report, Addressing health determinants in a digital age.

The report was funded by the European Union and brought together the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the LSE. The report had dozens of reviewers residing all over the world (including a few...

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Topics: Digital Health, Equity/SDOH, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology
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