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Digital Health Consumers on the Road to the Future

Digital health is uniquely positioned to transform health care. This viewpoint explores the enormous benefits for health consumers when digital-first health care is embraced. Also, it explores what risks exist if surveillance capitalism takes over health care. Further, some solutions to prepare digi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kukafka, Rita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6895867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31750835
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16359
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Sumario:Digital health is uniquely positioned to transform health care. This viewpoint explores the enormous benefits for health consumers when digital-first health care is embraced. Also, it explores what risks exist if surveillance capitalism takes over health care. Further, some solutions to prepare digital health citizens for the road ahead are also discussed.