Digital transformation could increase the burden of treatment on patients

TY - JOUR

T1 - Digital transformation could increase the burden of treatment on patients

AU - Mair, Frances S.

AU - Montori, Victor M.

AU - May, Carl R.

N1 - Funding Information: Competing interests: FM: While I have no personal financial conflicts of interest I have potential organisational conflicts of interest as I have been Principle or Co-Investigator on external funding from the Medical Research Council; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Economic and Social Research Council; EU Horizon 2020; NIHR/UKRI; Chief Scientist Office Scotland; Innovate UK; British Heart Foundation; Dunhill Trust; Wellcome Trust; and Marie Curie to undertake research on multimorbidity, treatment burden and digital health, where my University has received payments. I also promote the idea of “minimally disruptive medicine” (but do not derive any income from this work). The selfBACK app for low back pain developed through a Horizon 2020 project is now being commercialised and my University may gain financially from this, however I will not derive any income from this. VM: I have collaborated in the development of measures of treatment burden and chair the board of the Patient Revolution, a nonprofit that advocates for careful and kind care, including minimally disruptive medicine. I have derived and will derive no income from these activities. CM: none declared.

PY - 2021/11/25

Y1 - 2021/11/25

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U2 - 10.1136/bmj.n2909

DO - 10.1136/bmj.n2909

M3 - Comment/debate

C2 - 34824093

AN - SCOPUS:85120625618

VL - 375

JO - The BMJ

JF - The BMJ

SN - 0959-8146

M1 - n2909

ER -