Are digital citizen panels an innovative, deliberative approach to cardiovascular research?

Online citizen panels are an innovative way to collect information about populations. They can help explain social determinants of health while involving citizens in research, allowing researchers to help the community, and advance cardiovascular research. This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of collecting information via online citizen panels and assesses these panels’ potential in cardiovascular research. To exemplify such panels’ use, we discuss a case study that utilized the Swedish Citizen Panel.