TY - JOUR T1 - Digital health: a neglected part of health curricula? JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 18 LP - 20 DO - 10.7861/fhj.2021-0102 VL - 9 IS - 1 AU - Mrudula Utukuri AU - Felecia D'souza AU - Alexander Deighton AU - Elizabeth PV Le AU - Benedict Osei-Boadu AU - Nishita Gadi AU - Ariana Axiaq AU - Yuri YM Aung AU - Bridget Agboola AU - Chandini P Chand AU - Connor Dibblin AU - Chandni R Patel AU - Mohsin Abedi AU - Johnathan Hirniak AU - Ngan H Ta AU - James HF Rudd AU - Rajiv Sethi Y1 - 2022/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/1/18.abstract N2 - With growing government investment and a thriving consumer market, digital technologies are rapidly transforming our means of healthcare delivery. These innovations offer increased diagnostic accuracy, greater accessibility and reduced costs compared with conventional equivalents. Despite these benefits, implementing digital health poses challenges. Recent surveys of healthcare professionals (HCPs) have revealed marked inequities in digital literacy across the healthcare service, hampering the use of these new technologies in clinical practice. Furthermore, a lack of appropriate training in the associated ethical considerations risks HCPs running into difficulty when it comes to patient rights. In light of this, and with a clear need for dedicated digital health education, we argue that our focus should turn to the foundation setting of any healthcare profession: the undergraduate curriculum. ER -