Digital Health Technology and Patient Outcomes
Digital health technologies, such as remote monitoring devices and telemedicine services, have attracted considerable interest due to their potential to reduce healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes. These innovations could, however, exacerbate health disparities if adoption rates are lower among underserved communities. After one year, average systolic blood pressure had fallen by 9.8 mmHg (from a pre-intervention baseline of 134 mmHg) for patients who were referred to the program. Since only 53
