The Economics of Digital Health

Digital health can mean faster care and better outcomes for patients and instant access to important information for authorized clinicians — but the benefits don’t stop there.

Digital health can also benefit the Canadian economy by creating efficiencies in the health system, increasing productivity as Canadians connect to health services in more convenient ways, leading to less time off work, and creating jobs in the Canadian information and communications technology (ICT) sector.

View our infographic, “Report on Digital Health: The economics of digital health,” to learn more about the economic benefits of digital health. For a deeper dive, you can also view our various pan-Canadian studies.


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