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Smartphone ownership is growing rapidly around the world, but not always equally

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The effects of social deprivation on adolescent development and mental health.

TL;DR: This interdisciplinary Viewpoint describes literature from a variety of domains that highlight how social deprivation in adolescence might have far-reaching consequences and how physical distancing might have a disproportionate effect on an age group for whom peer interaction is a vital aspect of development.
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Digital tools against COVID-19: taxonomy, ethical challenges, and navigation aid

TL;DR: To help scientists and policy makers to navigate technological and ethical uncertainty, a typology of the primary digital public health applications that are in use is presented, which include proximity and contact tracing, symptom monitoring, quarantine control, and flow modelling.
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The growing field of digital psychiatry: current evidence and the future of apps, social media, chatbots, and virtual reality.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive update on the overall field of digital psychiatry, covering three areas: the relevance of recent technological advances to mental health research and care, by detailing how smartphones, social media, artificial intelligence and virtual reality present new opportunities for "digital phenotyping" and remote intervention.
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Telemedicine, COVID-19, and disparities: Policy implications.

TL;DR: It is suggested that by making health equity integral to the implementation of telemedicine now, it will help to ensure that all can benefit from its use going forward and that this will be increasingly integral to care delivery.
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Implementation Guide for Rapid Integration of an Outpatient Telemedicine Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

TL;DR: A toolkit is built that details 8 essential components to successful implementation of a telemedicine platform: provider and staff training, patient education, an existing electronic medical record system, patient and provider investment in hardware, billing and coding integration, information technology support, audiovisual platforms, and patient and caregiver participation.
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