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 p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kukafka, Rita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:https://www.jmir.org/2019/11/e16359
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1438-8871