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Disparities in telehealth use: How should the supportive care community respond?
- Source :
- Supportive Care in Cancer
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2021.
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Abstract
- Telehealth use has increased in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are disparities in telehealth use based on age, income, race/ethnicity, low health, digital literacy, and limited English proficiency. There are multilevel barriers to telehealth use at the patient, health systems, telehealth portal, and policy levels. To ensure equity in telehealth services and to leverage these services to maximize the reach of health care services, concerted efforts are needed to design telehealth tools and workflows. It should include reimbursement for staff training, patient education, and technical support needed for telehealth use. Furthermore, ongoing monitoring and responsive modifications in the use of telehealth services are needed to promote telehealth equity.
- Subjects :
- telehealth
education
Telehealth
cancer care
barriers in access
Technical support
Nursing
Health care
Ethnicity
Medicine
Cancer care
Humans
Pandemics
Health policy
health care economics and organizations
Health equity
health equity
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Nursing research
COVID-19
Barriers in access
Telemedicine
Oncology
Limited English proficiency
Commentary
business
Patient education
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14337339 and 09414355
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Supportive Care in Cancer
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dbd08ae024bbc5149dee382a90b12b18