A self-report measure of digital skills needed to use digital health tools among older adults—the Skills Measurement and Readiness Training for Digital Health (SMART Digital Health) Scale
This early work supports the identification of patients with digital literacy needs who may require interventions to effectively engage in digital health communication and management.
Authors
- Torsten B. Neilands (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7936-9123)
- Anita L. Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4967-9013)
- Hyunjin Cindy Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3322-7215)
- Elaine C. Khoong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2514-3572)
- Jorge A. Rodriguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1833-6819)
- Emilia H. De Marchis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1782-1609)
- Lina Tieu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9980-0774)
- Courtney Rees Lyles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1111-8595)
- Alejandra Casillas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-7466)
- Isabel Luna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4323-1046)
- Naomi Lopez-Solano
- Junhong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4864-0897)
- Oanh Kieu Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4614-0215)
- Jeanette Wong
- Andersen Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4446-0849)
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- San Francisco General Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- San Francisco AIDS Foundation (US)
- Center For Policy Research (US)
- San Francisco Department of Public Health (US)
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States) (US)
- Institute on Aging (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaf151
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, San Francisco
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute