TY  - JOUR
AU  - Burns, Kara
AU  - Bloom, Shoshana
AU  - Gilbert, Cecily
AU  - Merner, Bronwen
AU  - Kalla, Mahima
AU  - Sheri, Sreshta
AU  - Villanueva, Cleva
AU  - Matenga Ikihele, Amio
AU  - Nazer, Lama
AU  - Sarmiento, Raymond Francis
AU  - Stevens, Lindsay
AU  - Blow, Ngaree
AU  - Chapman, Wendy
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/6/5
TI  - Centering Digital Health Equity During Technology Innovation: Protocol for a Comprehensive Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Tools and Approaches
JO  - JMIR Res Protoc
SP  - e53855
VL  - 13
KW  - digital health technology
KW  - eHealth
KW  - mHealth
KW  - health informatics
KW  - equity
KW  - inclusion
KW  - participatory design
KW  - universal design
KW  - Validitron
KW  - digital health
KW  - cost
KW  - technology
KW  - technology innovation
KW  - innovation
KW  - evidence-based tools
KW  - evidence-based
KW  - tools
KW  - digital innovation
KW  - cost-effective
KW  - accessibility
KW  - digital inequity
KW  - digital health equity
AB  - Background: In the rush to develop health technologies for the COVID-19 pandemic, the unintended consequence of digital health inequity or the inability of priority communities to access, use, and receive equal benefits from digital health technologies was not well examined. Objective: This scoping review will examine tools and approaches that can be used during digital technology innovation to improve equitable inclusion of priority communities in the development of digital health technologies. The results from this study will provide actionable insights for professionals in health care, health informatics, digital health, and technology development to proactively center equity during innovation. Methods: Based on the Arksey and O’Malley framework, this scoping review will consider priority communities’ equitable involvement in digital technology innovation. Bibliographic databases in health, medicine, computing, and information sciences will be searched. Retrieved citations will be double screened against the inclusion and exclusion criteria using Covidence (Veritas Health Innovation). Data will be charted using a tailored extraction tool and mapped to a digital health innovation pathway defined by the Centre for eHealth Research roadmap for eHealth technologies. An accompanying narrative synthesis will describe the outcomes in relation to the review’s objectives. Results: This scoping review is currently in progress. The search of databases and other sources returned a total of 4868 records. After the initial screening of titles and abstracts, 426 studies are undergoing dual full-text review. We are aiming to complete the full-text review stage by May 30, 2024, data extraction in October 2024, and subsequent synthesis in December 2024. Funding was received on October 1, 2023, from the Centre for Health Equity Incubator Grant Scheme, University of Melbourne, Australia. Conclusions: This paper will identify and recommend a series of validated tools and approaches that can be used by health care stakeholders and IT developers to produce equitable digital health technology across the Centre for eHealth Research roadmap. Identified evidence gaps, possible implications, and further research will be discussed. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/53855 
SN  - 1929-0748
UR  - https://www.researchprotocols.org/2024/1/e53855
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/53855
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38838333
DO  - 10.2196/53855
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/53855
ER  -