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Study: NYC Black, Latino patients less likely than white patients to use telehealth during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"However, the fact that we still find significant racial/ethnic disparities between outpatient office visits and telehealth indicate there may be other issues at play," noted the researchers. In areas with broadband availability, telehealth is still not always an option. " ON THE RECORD. ” wrote the researchers.

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Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Health IT and racial justice: Expanding access, ending disparities, empowering communities. News Patient generated data can be a key factor in reducing health inequity Experts from IQVIA say increasing diversity of data sources improves access to care and exposes. By HIMSS Media | December 01, 2021. By Bill Siwicki | April 28, 2022.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

Even more disparities are caused by known social inequities: poverty, race, and so on. As it turned out, unfortunately, geographic, economic, and racial disparities distorted the approach to COVID-19 and reduced the effectiveness of public health and clinical efforts. Another report from CODE calls for better tagging of data with SDoH.