ArticleHealthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2021
Digital health & low-value care.
Article in Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Downstream Healthcare Use Associated with Primary Care In-Person and Telemedicine Visits in 2022.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Agile evaluation including two pragmatic trials on the uptake of a digital screening service.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Translating primary care to telehealth: analysis of in-person paediatric consultations and role of carers.BJGP open · 2025Article
- Primary Care Practice Telehealth Use and Low-Value Care Services.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Digital Care Pathway for Patients With Sleep Apnea in Specialized Care: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Chatbot-supported psychoeducation in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: randomised controlled trial.BJPsych open · 2023Article
- Listening to Patients With Lupus: Why Not Proactively Integrate the Internet as a Resource to Drive Improved Care?Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Translating primary care to telehealth: analysis of in-person consultations on diabetes and cardiovascular disease.BJGP open · 2023Article
- Inequity in Telemedicine Use Among Patients with Cancer in the Deep South During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The oncologist · 2022Article
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Abstract
Digital health advances offer a multitude of possibilities to improve public health and individual wellbeing. Little attention has been paid, however, to digital health's potential to create low-value care - the reduction of which is increasingly appreciated as a policy priority. This commentary provides a framework to illustrate the potential for consumer-facing digital health to generate three distinct categories of low-value care; 1) ineffective care because it is underdeveloped, 2) inefficient care because it supplements rather than substitutes, or 3) unwanted care because it is not aligned with clinician and patient preferences. We offer specific policy recommendations to reduce each type of low-value care.
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