Could telehealth improve equity during the COVID-19 pandemic?

CJ Sieck, M Rastetter… - The Journal of the …, 2021 - Am Board Family Med
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many physicians and health care systems have
shifted to providing care via telehealth as much as possible. Although necessary to control …

Ensuring the growth of telehealth during COVID-19 does not exacerbate disparities in care

D Velasquez, A Mehrotra - Health Affairs Forefront, 2020 - healthaffairs.org
Telehealth's moment has come. In an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, Medicare is now
compensating for most virtual visits, insurers are waiving virtual visit copayments, and …

Achieving equity in telehealth:“centering at the margins” in access, provision, and reimbursement

A Westby, T Nissly, R Gieseker… - The Journal of the …, 2021 - Am Board Family Med
The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has led to rapid transformation of health care delivery and
access with increased provision of telehealth services despite previously identified barriers …

Access, equity, and neutral space: telehealth beyond the pandemic

B Kaplan - The Annals of Family Medicine, 2021 - Annals Family Med
As I begin my 4th year of medical school amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, telehealth has allowed me to connect with many patients who previously …

Lessons learned during COVID-19 that can move telehealth in primary care forward

K Knierim, C Palmer, ES Kramer… - The Journal of the …, 2021 - Am Board Family Med
Introduction: Our university hospital-based primary care practices transitioned a budding
interest in telehealth to a largely telehealth-based approach in the face of the COVID-19 …

Silver linings around the increased use of telehealth after the emergence of COVID-19: perspectives from primary care physicians

AS McAlearney, AA Gaughan… - Journal of Primary …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction/Objectives: With the emergence of COVID-19, the transition from in-person care
to widespread use of telehealth raised many well-described challenges for primary care …

Health care disparities and access to video visits before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a patient survey in primary care

EC Webber, BD McMillen, DR Willis - Telemedicine and e-Health, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: In 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reimbursement
structure was relaxed to aid in the rapid adoption nationally of telemedicine during the …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of primary care telehealth disparities during COVID-19: retrospective cohort study

R D'Amico, PM Schnell, R Foraker, JN Olayiwola… - Journal of medical …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Telehealth has become widely used as a novel way to provide outpatient care
during the COVID-19 pandemic, but data about telehealth use in primary care remain …

Rapid transition to telehealth and the digital divide: implications for primary care access and equity in a post‐COVID era

JE Chang, AY Lai, A Gupta, AM Nguyen… - The Milbank …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Policy Points Telehealth has many potential advantages during an infectious disease
outbreak such as the COVID‐19 pandemic, and the COVID‐19 pandemic has accelerated …

[HTML][HTML] Telehealth's double-edged sword: bridging or perpetuating health inequities?

K Gergen Barnett, RG Mishuris, CT Williams… - Journal of general …, 2022 - Springer
Healthcare inequities among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), 1 immigrant,
and low-income communities are driven in large part by inadequate access to healthcare. 1 …