Becker's Healthcare July 6, 2020
While telehealth has helped carry out patient care for conditions ranging from diabetes to heart disease during the pandemic, the technology does not always meet the needs of patients equally, according to Dr. Meera Sunder.
In a July 3 blog post for Harvard Health, Dr. Sunder of Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance, highlights some of the inequalities telehealth presents to patient care, which she recognized during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are three ways to make telehealth more equitable, according to Dr. Sunder:
1. Incorporate translation resources for patients who do not speak English. To treat a patient and her husband from Brazil who were having trouble navigating telehealth, Cambridge Health Alliance combined its staff and health interpreter services to...
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