Requiring smartphone ownership for mHealth interventions: who could be left out?

• Main Authors: Krishna K. Bommakanti (Author), Laramie L. Smith (Author), Lin Liu (Author), Diana Do (Author), Jazmine Cuevas-Mota (Author), Kelly Collins (Author), Fatima Munoz (Author), Timothy C. Rodwell (Author), Richard S. Garfein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have the potential to improve health through patient education and provider engagement while increasing efficiency and lowering costs. This raises the question of whether disparities in access to mobile technology could accentuate disparities...