Show me the money: how do we justify spending health care dollars on digital health?

Leanna Woods^{1

2

3}, Rebekah Eden⁴, Oliver J Canfell^{1

2

3

5}, Kim-Huong Nguyen^{1

6}, Tracy Comans¹, Clair Sullivan^{1

2

7}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
² Queensland Digital Health Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
³ Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, NSW.
⁴ Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.
⁵ University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
⁶ Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin and University California, San Francisco, Dublin, Ireland.
⁷ Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, QLD.

PMID: 36502453
PMCID: PMC10107451
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51799

Show me the money: how do we justify spending health care dollars on digital health?

Leanna Woods et al. Med J Aust. 2023.

. 2023 Feb 6;218(2):53-57.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.51799. Epub 2022 Dec 11.

Authors

Leanna Woods^{1

2

3}, Rebekah Eden⁴, Oliver J Canfell^{1

2

3

5}, Kim-Huong Nguyen^{1

6}, Tracy Comans¹, Clair Sullivan^{1

2

7}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
² Queensland Digital Health Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
³ Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, NSW.
⁴ Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.
⁵ University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
⁶ Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin and University California, San Francisco, Dublin, Ireland.
⁷ Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, QLD.

PMID: 36502453
PMCID: PMC10107451
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51799

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Keywords: Health financing; Health services research; Information management; eHealth.

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