The promises and perils of digital strategies in achieving health equity workshop summary roundtable on the promotion of health equity and the elimination of health disparities board on population health and public health practice health and medicine division national academies of sciences engineering and medicine washington dc national academies press us 2016 jun health care is . The promises and perils of digital strategies in achieving health equity the promises and perils of digital strategies in achieving health equity workshop summary washington dc the national academies press doi 1017226 23439 x save cancel the national academies press 500 fifth street nw washington dc 20001 this activity was supported by contracts between the national academy . Health care is in the midst of a dramatic transformation in the united states spurred by technological advances economic imperatives and governmental policies information technologies are rapidly being applied to health care in an effort to improve access enhance quality and decrease costs at the same time the use of technologies by the consumers of health care is changing how people . The promises and perils of digital strategies in achieving health equity workshop summary amazonde national academies of sciences engineeri health and medicine division board on population health and public he bucher. The promises and perils of digital strategies in achieving health equity workshop summary washington dc the national academies press doi 1017226 23439 x save cancel 5 policy and technology perspectives important points highlighted by the speakers social media and mobile technologies generally do not intersect with the large scale data initiatives being promoted by government