Bridging the Digital Divide in Healthcare: Addressing Telehealth Barriers from a Rural Community in the Philippines.
The article focuses on the challenges and efforts related to electronic health (eHealth) access in the Philippines, highlighting barriers such as inadequate digital infrastructure, low digital literacy, and high internet costs, especially in rural and marginalized communities. It discusses governmen...
| Publicado en: | Health & Social Work Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 73 - 75 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2026
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