While many believe at-home technologies such as remote patient monitoring or telehealth can decrease health care disparities, HD Nursing chairwoman and CEO Amy Hester told Medtech Insight that’s not always the case.
Hospital At Home: Great On Paper, Not In Practice
Former nurse advises device manufactures to take care during product development to close the health equity gap
To avoid a wider health equity gap for home-use devices, companies should make social determinants of health a key consideration in device development, former nurse Amy Hester says.
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