Whose business is your healthcare? Why digital health tools need careful assessment

Digital Health Technology Assessment is needed to make sure that tools developed by the private sector and relied on by public healthcare providers do not harm people and their rights.  Jamillah Knowles & Reset.Tech Australia / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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.

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