mHealth Intelligence February 6, 2024
Hypertension-related telehealth visits rose in 2020, remaining elevated after the pandemic’s peak, but use among Black adults remained lower than among other races.
Medicaid beneficiaries across racial and ethnic groups increased their use of telehealth to manage hypertension during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the increase in use was lower among Black patients than other groups, according to new research.
Published in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health, the study examined the trends and costs of telehealth-enabled hypertension management among individuals enrolled in Medicaid. Nearly half of United States adults (119.9 million) have hypertension, of which only one in four (27 million) have their hypertension under control, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). High blood pressure...
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