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01-01-2021 | COVID-19 | Concise Research Report
Telemedicine Expansion During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Potential for Technology-Driven Disparities
Authors:
Siqin Ye, MD, MS, Ian Kronish, MD, MPH, Elaine Fleck, MD, Peter Fleischut, MD, Shunichi Homma, MD, MHCDS, David Masini, BS, Nathalie Moise, MD, MS
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 1/2021
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Excerpt
Telemedicine use has rapidly increased across the US health system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
1 Although telemedicine has been heralded as a way to reduce disparities in healthcare,
2 concerns remain that lack of access to technology or digital health literacy can exacerbate technology-driven disparities as telemedicine use expands.
2‐4 As recent regulatory and policy changes allowed reimbursement for telephonic telemedicine visits in addition to visits facilitated by audio-video technology,
1 there is a unique opportunity to examine technology-driven disparities as manifested through how telemedicine services are accessed differently by different patient populations. …
