Technology approaches to digital health literacy.
Abstract
Digital health literacy is an extension of health literacy and uses the same operational definition, but in the context of technology. Technology solutions have the potential to both promote health literacy or be a barrier. To be effective, health technology solutions should go beyond building literacy and numeracy skills to functional and critical skills, such as navigating the healthcare system, communication with healthcare providers, and shared decision making. New and emerging technologies are highlighted: AI/machine learning, voice first, remote patient monitoring, wearables, and apps and web sites. Health technology represents enormous promise in the building of digital health literacy skills and improved health outcomes in patients with cardiovascular and other chronic conditions. This is a promise, however, that is yet to be fulfilled. TOPICS: Hypertension, Rehabilitation, Metabolic Syndrome, Health Policy, Risk Factor.
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As technology is used in various sectors in daily life, health literacy is extended as digital health literacy in the context of technology.
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- Authors
- Dunn, P., & Hazzard, E.
- Affiliations
- American Heart Association (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hazzard, Eric
- ORCID
- Dunn, Patrick
- Venue
- International Journal of Cardiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-10
- Volume
- 293
- Pages
- 294-296
- ISSN
- 0167-5273 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2951299481
- Cited by
- 232
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5
- FWCI
- 25.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Keywords
- digital health literacy, health literacy, health technology, artificial intelligence, remote patient monitoring, wearable devices, health apps, shared decision-making, patient-provider communication, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, rehabilitation
- MeSH terms
- Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cardiovascular Diseases, Humans, Education, Distance, Biomedical Technology, Health Literacy, Remote Sensing Technology, Inventions
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