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ArticleInteractive journal of medical research2025

Digital Health for Australia: Bridging the Rural, Regional, and Remote Health Gap.

Shakeel Mahmood, M Mamun Huda, Kedir Yimam Ahmed, Thapa Subash, Feleke Hailemichael Astawesegn, Anayochukwu Edward Anyasodor, Mohammad Ali Moni, Muhammad J A Shiddiky, Utpal K Mondal, Setognal Birara Aychiluhm and 2 more

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Article in Interactive journal of medical research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Shakeel MahmoodRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0599-3761
M Mamun HudaRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-3472
Kedir Yimam AhmedRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3797-5234
Thapa SubashRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1182-8511
Feleke Hailemichael AstawesegnRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6435-8405
Anayochukwu Edward AnyasodorRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1928-7657
Mohammad Ali MoniRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0756-1006
Muhammad J A ShiddikyRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9461-9888
Utpal K MondalRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7579-6678
Setognal Birara AychiluhmRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7565-7515
Santosh GiriRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5186-7814
Allen RossRural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2329-0907

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In rural Australia, recent trends reveal an exponential increase in the rates of physical inactivity, central obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cancer in the population. The limited rural health workforce, which is struggling to meet this growing burden, is boosted by digital technologies such as My Health Record, Cardihab, Healthdirect, and MindSpot, all of which offer opportunities for improved diagnostics, monitoring, and management of chronic diseases. However, implementing proven digital health technologies in rural communities has been challenging on numerous fronts. This perspective aims to (1) highlight the rural health gap and propose a way forward in implementing evidence-based digital health technologies in the rural, regional, and remote communities of Australia and (2) guide future rural health policy.

Indexed as

chronic disease managementdigital health adoptionequitable access to carehealth workforcerural health inequitiesshortages digital literacy gapssocioeconomic disadvantagetelehealth services

Identifiers

PMID41329946
PMCPMC12709154

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