Health Digital Divide in the Era of Precision Healthcare: Taking Yunnan Province as an Example

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017:245:1310.

Abstract

With healthcare coming into the era of Precision Healthcare, it will facilitate the development of health informatics from information processing, integration, analysis, application and other uses. If we ignore the e-health development of developing areas, it will bring a health digital divide. This study takes Yunnan province as an example, and analyzes the problems of e-health development in a developing area, hoping to get more attention from researchers and regulators.

Keywords: Digital divide; delivery of health care; information services.

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Delivery of Health Care*
  • Digital Divide*
  • Humans
  • Medical Informatics