Equity and Access

ORCHA have commissioned independent research to ask 2,000 UK residents what they think about Digital Health.

In this interview Christine Morgan, CEO of the National Mental Health Commission of Australia and Chair of eMHIC Board, discusses the importance of establishing a national Digital Mental Health Ecosystem in Australia, at the Digital Health Festival at Melbourne ICC on 1 June 2022.

Building on its effort to battle social isolation and support aging in place, the New York State Office for the Aging is delivering voice-operated smart technology to the homes of more than 800 older adults.

The interest and demand for remote patient monitoring (RPM) has significantly increased throughout the pandemic. Remote patient monitoring success requires a shift in patients, providers, payers, and tech developers’ mindsets in order to create more cost-efficient solutions.

Human-computer interaction involves the design and development of computer technology with a focus on facilitating its use from accumulated influences. HCI also offers the implementation and evaluation of technologies with an importance on user experience.

About the Webinar:    We cannot continue to deliver mental health care in the same way and expect to have improved outcomes.  A paradigm shift is needed to disrupt the status quo.  Implementing a stepped care model, one that leverages technology, can improve access, equity and quality of care.     …

Policy-makers in the EU are promoting an array of digital health programs, such as the European Health Data Space unveiled earlier this month. But lack of awareness and knowledge could stymy their impact.

This article critically examines how technology-mediated forms of mental health care might amplify historical injustices, and erase minoritized experiences and expressions of mental distress and illness. The article dissects the impacts of colonization, and makes recommendations for more equitable futures.

This paper highlights the opportunity to increase the relevance of digital mental health technology to users by incorporating recommender systems that suggest personalised content based on an individual’s data exhaust.

Digital mental health start-ups may be looking like big tech companies…but is their economic value matched by their impact and clinical value? If digital mental health is to truly transform care, its next chapter needs to focus on improving outcomes. How will that happen?