Tiffany C. Veinot|Hannah G. Mitchell|Jessica S. Ancker
Good intentions are not enough: how informatics interventions can worsen inequality
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Cornell University|Cornell University
health informatics interventions designed help people avoid recover cope disease disability improve quality safety healthcare unfortunately pose risk producing interventiongenerated inequalities igi disproportionately benefiting advantaged people perspective paper discuss characteristics healthrelated interventions known produce igi explain health informatics interventions particularly vulnerable phenomenon describe safeguards implemented improve health equity provide examples health informatics interventions produced inequality accessible heavily used adhered effective socioeconomically advantaged groups provide brief outline precautions intervention developers implementers take guard creating worsening inequality health informatics conclude discussing evaluation approaches ensure igis recognized studied