racial health disparity

Healthcare IT News: Audio-only telehealth benefits patients in need, study finds A recent study from the University of California on telehealth implementation at community health centers serving primarily Chinese and Latino immigrants found that although phone visits were beneficial to historically marginalized patients, continued virtual care use depends on increased technological resources. The results of the study [...]

mHealth Intelligence: Black Cardiovascular Disease Patients Prefer Text-Based BP Monitoring According to a recent study in JAMA Network Open, Black patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) prefer recording blood pressure (BP) via a text-based program rather than an online patient portal. Researchers focused primarily on how demographics related to results and the number of BP measurements between the two [...]

mHealth Intelligence: Telehealth attendance higher than in-person among HIV patients According to a study published in AIDS and behavior, HIV appointments conducted through telehealth resulted in higher attendance rates than those done in-person. During the study period, the attendance rate for telehealth appointments was 78.9 percent, substantially higher than the 61.9 percent for in-person visits. The study also [...]

WESA: Study shows rise in telemedicine during the pandemic eliminated a historic racial health gap A recent study from the University of Pennsylvania shows that the sharp rise in telemedicine appointments during the pandemic appears to have eliminated a historical racial health gap in appointment show rates between Black and white patients in a Philadelphia health system. [...]