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When Innovation Leaves People Behind: Reframing Accountability in Commercial Digital Health.
| Τίτλος: | When Innovation Leaves People Behind: Reframing Accountability in Commercial Digital Health. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Dambha-Miller H; Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, England, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom, 44 (0)23 8059 ext 5000., Smith L; Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, England, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom, 44 (0)23 8059 ext 5000., Michels LV; Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, England, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom, 44 (0)23 8059 ext 5000. |
| Πηγή: | Journal of medical Internet research [J Med Internet Res] 2026 Sep 17; Vol. 28, pp. e100654. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Sep 17. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: JMIR Publications Country of Publication: Canada NLM ID: 100959882 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1438-8871 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14388871 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Med Internet Res Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: <2011- > : Toronto : JMIR Publications Original Publication: [Pittsburgh, PA? : s.n., 1999- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Digital Health* , Social Responsibility* , Digital Technology*, Humans |
| Περίληψη: | Unlabelled: Digital technologies are increasingly integrated across health care systems; however, accumulating evidence shows that these tools often perform unevenly across population groups. Biases in AI-enabled tools can reinforce existing health inequities, particularly when systems are developed and validated using datasets that exclude underserved populations. Studies demonstrate systematic underestimation of illness severity, diagnostic inaccuracies, and measurement bias affecting ethnic minority groups, rural populations, people with disabilities, people experiencing homelessness, and other groups with limited access to health care. These disparities highlight structural vulnerabilities in the data that inform machine learning systems, where socially patterned access to care shapes what is recorded and therefore learned. Commercial adoption patterns further exacerbate inequities due to socioeconomic gradients in digital engagement and a lack of accountability measures for adherence to regulatory frameworks within National Health Service procurement processes. In this Viewpoint, we argue that ensuring accountability in digital health care requires transparent reporting of subgroup performance, representative development of datasets, and ongoing monitoring of distributional impacts. Achieving equitable and reliable digital health care demands regulatory and methodological standards that prioritize fairness and generalizability within the commercialization sector and are monitored across the pre- and postdeployment life cycle. (© Hajira Dambha-Miller, Lucy Smith, Lysanne Veerle Michels. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org).) |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: bias; digital health; health care; inequity; public health |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260917 Date Completed: 20260917 Latest Revision: 20260922 |
| Update Code: | 20260922 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13585304 |
| DOI: | 10.2196/100654 |
| PMID: | 42753250 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
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