Implementing home-based digital health in rural Canada: a scoping review
Joy Lai, Amareena Saleh-Singh, Gladys Olisaekee · 2026
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Joy Lai, Amareena Saleh-Singh, and Gladys Olisaekee mapped what helps home digital health work in rural Canada. Video visits and remote monitoring promise care without long drives, but rural rollouts often stall. The team searched three databases and kept sixteen studies from regions across the country.
Patients and clinicians generally welcomed the tools. Success depended on local conditions, though. Weak internet, patchy infrastructure, and low digital skills blocked many households. The fixes that worked were homegrown: designs that fit local culture, better networks, hands-on training, and real community involvement. The review hands planners a checklist drawn from Canadian experience.
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| CREATOR | Joy Lai, Amareena Saleh-Singh, Gladys Olisaekee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 71 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |