mHealth Intelligence (4/15, Melchionna) reported that in comparison to White people, African Americans and Hispanics “were 35 percent and 51 percent less likely to use telehealth, respectively,” according to researchers who evaluated “data from 67,733 patients and 233,302 visits in the study” and found that a “digital divide” and “other factors such as age and distance from the clinic contributed to the likelihood of telehealth use.” The study was published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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— “Black, Hispanic Patients Less Likely to Use Telehealth, New Study Shows “Mark Melchionna, mHealth Intelligence, April 15, 2022