Plugged-in: a Canadian survey of technology ownership, access, use, and attitudes among emergency department patients

Despite concerns of digital disparities in an ethnoculturally diverse area of Toronto, technology ownership, access, and use appear to be pervasive among ED patients, irrespective of where they reside. These findings, coupled with patients' generally positive attitudes towards technology, green-light the exploration of patient-facing digital health tools that utilize the digital technology ED patients already own, access, and use to improve the delivery of emergency care.