The role of digital literacy in achieving health equity in the third millennium society: A literature review.
Front Public Health
; 11: 1109323, 2023.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2307739
ABSTRACT
Healthcare in the third millennium is largely delivered through systems involving the use of the technological devices and services, foremost among them telemedicine. For the adequate delivery of digital medicine services, however, it is necessary for users to be digitally literate, that is, able to consciously make use of technology. In order to understand how relevant digital literacy is in determining the effectiveness of e-Health services, we performed a traditional literature review on 3 major databases by combining the terms "Digital Literacy" and "Computer Literacy" with the terms "Telemedicine" and "Telehealth". Starting from an initial library of 1,077 papers, we selected 38 articles. At the outcome of the search, we found that digital literacy is a pivotal element in conditioning the effectiveness of telemedicine and digital medicine services in general, however, with some limitations.
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Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Telemedicine
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Health Equity
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Health Literacy
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Front Public Health
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Fpubh.2023.1109323
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