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Addressing the Gaps: Rethinking Responsibility in the Commercial Digital Health Landscape

  • By

  • Hajira Dambha-Miller

  • Lucy Smith

  • Lysanne Veerle Michels

  • September 17, 2026

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    Digital technologies are increasingly integrated into health care, addressing workforce shortages and fiscal constraints.

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    Digital health technologies show inconsistent performance across patient populations, impacting clinical outcomes.

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    Algorithmic bias in digital health is influenced by commercial developers, regulators, and procurement decisions.

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    Four mechanisms generate inequities in digital health: measurement bias, dataset bias, algorithmic bias, and distribution shift.

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    Equitable performance evidence should be required before the procurement and implementation of commercial digital health technologies.

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When Innovation Leaves People Behind: Reframing Accountability in Commercial Digital Health

  • by Hajira Dambha-Miller, Lucy Smith, Lysanne Veerle Michels

  • September 17, 2026

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