A Study and Report on the Use of eHealth Tools for Chronic Disease Care Among Socially Disadvantaged Populations
Improving the Patient Experience, Analytics, Health Equity & Access, Modernizing Public Health
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Modernizing Public Health
Building a more robust and sustainable public health system that promotes health, prevents disease, and protects all communities. -
Analytics
Examine how healthcare data can provide insight across claims, cost, clinical, and more. -
Improving the Patient Experience
Improving the whole patient journey to ensure a positive patient experience, from clinical and administrative, to financial, and everything in between. -
Health Equity & Access
Creating an environment where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
A Study and Report on the Use of eHealth Tools for Chronic Disease Care Among Socially Disadvantaged Populations
May 18, 2015
Funded by the California Healthcare Foundation, this eHI report examines how eHealth tools can support chronic disease management among socially disadvantaged populations. Four domains of technology are reviewed – telehealth, mobile health, patient web portals, and social media – in the context of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
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