Medical Xpress October 29, 2024
A new study by Thomas Jefferson University researchers, in partnership with Esperanza Health Center, aims to address barriers to digital health among the Latino population in Philadelphia.
“Telehealth has become one of the primary access points into health care, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,” says the study’s senior author Kristin Rising, MD, executive director of Jefferson’s Center for Connected Care. “We wanted to understand the barriers people face in engaging with telehealth and how we can help address them, particularly for underserved populations, so that we can reduce disparities in health care access.”
The researchers interviewed Latino patients at the Esperanza Health Center to understand their experiences with health care-related technology and their willingness to learn more...
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