TY - JOUR

T1 - Leave no one behind

T2 - the role of digital health literacy

AU - Kayser, Lars

AU - Phanareth, Klaus

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © ERS 2023.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - The healthcare sector is undergoing a digital transformation that includes home monitoring, increased use of wearables for self-monitoring and increased access to new information sources provided by generative chat bots. On one hand, this transformation may result in increased efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare provision. It can alleviate the workload on health professionals through reorganised workflows and by delegating more tasks to patients, thereby enhancing their self-management abilities. On the other hand, this may also have negative effects such as anxiety and stress among individuals with lower digital health literacy. A multidimensional understanding of digital health literacy can potentially help provide person-centred care by informing the organisation of health services and helping the healthcare professionals to understand the specific needs of those they care for. There is still a lack of knowledge on how awareness of the level of digital health literacy amongst both healthcare professionals and patients can be used in clinical practice.

AB - The healthcare sector is undergoing a digital transformation that includes home monitoring, increased use of wearables for self-monitoring and increased access to new information sources provided by generative chat bots. On one hand, this transformation may result in increased efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare provision. It can alleviate the workload on health professionals through reorganised workflows and by delegating more tasks to patients, thereby enhancing their self-management abilities. On the other hand, this may also have negative effects such as anxiety and stress among individuals with lower digital health literacy. A multidimensional understanding of digital health literacy can potentially help provide person-centred care by informing the organisation of health services and helping the healthcare professionals to understand the specific needs of those they care for. There is still a lack of knowledge on how awareness of the level of digital health literacy amongst both healthcare professionals and patients can be used in clinical practice.

U2 - 10.1183/2312508X.10001023

DO - 10.1183/2312508X.10001023

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85187196227

VL - 2023

SP - 79

EP - 94

JO - ERS Monograph

JF - ERS Monograph

SN - 2312-508X

ER -