Lisa Rapaport, Reuters; Digital divide persists with online portals for cancer patients
"“Internet access is not uniform across populations,” said senior study author Dr. David Gerber, a researcher at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
“There exists a `digital divide,’ with certain groups having lower access to broadband Internet than others,” Gerber said by email.
The sheer volume of information in recent years may be overwhelming patients and discouraging them from using these portals, Gerber said."
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