"Can you see my screen?" Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Telehealth.

IF 2 Q3 CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS

Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-12-06 DOI:10.1007/s12170-021-00685-5

Norrisa Haynes, Agnes Ezekwesili, Kathryn Nunes, Edvard Gumbs, Monique Haynes, JaBaris Swain

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Abstract

Purpose of review: Telehealth is an innovative approach with great potential to bridge the healthcare delivery gap, especially for underserved communities. While minority populations represent a target audience that could benefit significantly from this modern solution, little of the existing literature speaks to its acceptability, accessibility, and overall effectiveness in underserved populations. Here, we review the various challenges and achievements of contemporary telehealth and explore its impact on care delivery as an alternative or adjunct to traditional healthcare delivery systems.

Recent findings: Given the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rapid acceleration in telemedicine adoption. Recent studies of telemedicine utilization during the pandemic reveal stark disparities in telemedicine modality use based on race, socioeconomic status, geography, and age.

Summary: While telehealth has great potential to overcome healthcare obstacles, the digital divide stands as a challenge to equitable telehealth and telemedicine adoption. Achieving health equity in telehealth will require the mobilization of resources, financial incentives, and political will among hospital systems, insurance companies, and government officials.

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“你能看到我的屏幕吗?”消除远程保健中的种族和族裔差异。

审查目的:远程保健是一种具有巨大潜力的创新办法，可弥合保健服务差距，特别是对服务不足的社区而言。虽然少数群体代表了可以从这种现代解决方案中显著受益的目标受众，但现有文献很少谈到它在服务不足人群中的可接受性、可及性和总体有效性。在这里，我们回顾了当代远程医疗的各种挑战和成就，并探讨了其作为传统医疗保健服务系统的替代或辅助手段对医疗服务的影响。最近的发现:鉴于2019冠状病毒病大流行，远程医疗的采用迅速加速。最近关于大流行期间远程医疗使用情况的研究表明，基于种族、社会经济地位、地理位置和年龄，远程医疗方式的使用存在明显差异。摘要:虽然远程保健具有克服保健障碍的巨大潜力，但数字鸿沟对公平采用远程保健和远程医疗构成挑战。实现远程医疗中的卫生公平将需要调动资源、财政激励以及医院系统、保险公司和政府官员之间的政治意愿。

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Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS-

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期刊介绍： The aim of this journal is to keep readers informed by providing cutting-edge reviews on key topics pertaining to cardiovascular risk. We use a systematic approach: international experts prepare timely articles on relevant topics that highlight the most important recent original publications. We accomplish this aim by appointing Section Editors in major subject areas across the discipline of cardiovascular medicine to select topics for review articles by leading experts who emphasize recent developments and highlight important papers published in the past year. An Editorial Board of internationally diverse members suggests topics of special interest to their country/region and ensures that topics are current and include emerging research. We also provide commentaries from well-known figures in the field.