Digital health inclusion can provide healthcare for all – this is how

Digital health inclusion can provide healthcare for all – this is how

The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear that healthcare delivery can be provided digitally.

In order to ensure access for everyone, digital healthcare delivery has to be equitable, responsible and mobile.

The future of digital health lies in access and adoption.

Connected care can bring assistance to the underserved and unserved.



The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a digital shift in healthcare delivery that was a long time coming. Thanks to a wave of technologies, the idea of assisting people – no matter their location – became a reality.

The digital connection between clinicians and patients requires new private-public partnerships to facilitate the tech, and new ideas to help those we serve. But the pandemic also revealed the gap between those who could access connected care, and those who could not.



In response to a new kind of digital health inequity, Apollo Hospitals and Jefferson Health launched initiatives to bridge gaps and ensure that technology is applied to counter health disparities rather than exacerbate them.

Riding the wave of digital transformation in healthcare

The pandemic made clear that broadband access is now a ‘social determinant of health’. Without meaningful access to broadband, individuals are excluded from the advances of connected care. For many,