"Across the world, public healthcare providers are going digital in efforts to improve and modernise the services they offer. Whether it's apps that track symptoms, remote video consultations or cutting edge AI diagnostics, digital tools that support healthcare are often produced and supplied by private actors. These tools can have a positive effect on the quality and accessibility of healthcare, however there are also downsides of relying on business to deliver digital health services."
"These tools can have a positive effect on the quality and accessibility of healthcare, however there are also downsides of relying on business to deliver digital health services. PI has teamed up with the Centre for Health, Equity, Law and Policy (C-HELP) in India and Just Treatment in the UK to investigate how carefully public healthcare providers are assessing the impact that digital tools like these have on people's wider rights."
Public healthcare providers worldwide are adopting digital tools to modernise and improve services. Examples include apps that track symptoms, remote video consultations and cutting-edge AI diagnostics. Many of these digital tools are produced and supplied by private actors. These tools can improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare. Reliance on private businesses to deliver digital health services can introduce downsides and risks. PI, the Centre for Health, Equity, Law and Policy (C-HELP) in India and Just Treatment in the UK are collaborating on an investigation. The investigation examines how carefully public healthcare providers are assessing impacts on people's wider rights.
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