Digital Health Readiness

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Highlighted claims

• Healthcare organisations must assess patients' digital health readiness across five dimensions: digital access, skills, motivation, learnability, and health literacy. — ‘The paper brochure is worth its weight in gold’: a qualitative study of older adults’ experiences and preferences for information delivery prior to elective hospitalisation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Norway
• Failure to assess digital health readiness risks digital exclusion of older populations. — ‘The paper brochure is worth its weight in gold’: a qualitative study of older adults’ experiences and preferences for information delivery prior to elective hospitalisation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Norway
• Many older adults can use the internet for familiar tasks such as news and social media but struggle with health-specific portals and applications. — ‘The paper brochure is worth its weight in gold’: a qualitative study of older adults’ experiences and preferences for information delivery prior to elective hospitalisation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Norway
• Digital engagement among participants was uneven, with some being proactive and self-sufficient while others were overwhelmed. — ‘The paper brochure is worth its weight in gold’: a qualitative study of older adults’ experiences and preferences for information delivery prior to elective hospitalisation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Norway