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Interventions to enhance digital health equity in cardiovascular care

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Digital health technologies can be used to reduce disparities in cardiovascular care, but improved digital access and literacy are needed.

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Fig. 1: Sources of health inequalities that digital healthcare solutions can address4.

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  1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Ariana Mihan & Harriette G. C. Van Spall

  2. Research Institute of St. Joseph’s, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Harriette G. C. Van Spall

  3. Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Harriette G. C. Van Spall

  4. Baim Institute for Clinical Research, Boston, MA, USA

    Harriette G. C. Van Spall

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H.G.C.V. leads clinical trials in digital health services, is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for this work and serves as the Director of E-Health and Virtual Care in Cardiology at McMaster University, with program funding from Boehringer Ingleheim and Novartis.

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Mihan, A., Van Spall, H.G.C. Interventions to enhance digital health equity in cardiovascular care. Nat Med 30, 628–630 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02815-z

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