Rural Perspectives on Digital Health in Cardiovascular Care: Qualitative Study of Interviews With Rural and Rural-Serving Primary Care Providers and Cardiologists
Rural health care providers recognize the many advantages of using digital health in caring for patients with cardiovascular disease but find that digital health is often complex and incompatible with their needs and the needs of their patients. There may be a disconnect between the potential of digital health and how it works in practice, as evidenced by the cycles of adoption and discontinuance of digital health technologies described by rural health care providers. Future rural digital health interventions in cardiovascular care should take into consideration specific complexities and incompatibilities in the rural context.
Authors
- Angela G. Spencer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3818-3899)
- Allison Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4393-464X)
- Ryan Gilles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8968-4389)
- Russell T. Baker
- Monica Zigman Suchsland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-6973)
- Elena Wadden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6316-071X)
- Chris Todd Longenecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9468-0179)
- Kristin Beima‐Sofie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3408-7410)
- Charles G. Jose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1568-5433)
- Adiya Jaffari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1409-3523)
- Kelly McGrath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0407-8617)
- Susan Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6167-8701)
- Signe Burchim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4803-0847)
- Steven Elrod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8595-9226)
- Margaret A Gehring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5649-8192)
- Brekken Selah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4150-1476)
Institutions
- University of Idaho (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center (US)
- Comagine Health (US)
- Coeur d Alene Arthritis Clinic (US)
- Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics (US)
- St. Mary's Health Center (US)
- Kootenai Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/77234
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88