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Matt Kanter

E-Health, Health Promotion And Health Equity

The proliferation of electronic health information technology (e-health) tools is crucial to progressive and responsive health reform. However, while more comprehensive electronic health records and more efficient health care delivery are important, e-health implementation must also focus on reducing stark health disparities and ensuring equitable access for all to e-health tools and the quality improvements that they bring. This paper by the Wellesley Institute’s Matt Kanter analyzes how equity needs to be built into e-health tools so that all Ontarians can realize e-health’s potential for health promotion, self-management and improved health outcomes.

Realizing The Equity Potential Of E-Health: Improving Health Promotion And Self-Management in Ontario

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We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

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