mHealth Intelligence October 20, 2023
Though Black cancer patients view telehealth as acceptable and convenient, research reveals they have a clear preference for in-person care.
Black cancer patients prefer in-person care, partly due to a perceived lack of interpersonal connectedness, according to recent research.
Virtual care uptake has been low among Black populations, with prior research showing that Black and Hispanic people were much less likely to participate in a visit conducted through telehealth compared to White people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This discrepancy in telehealth use led researchers from Henry Ford Health, the University of North Carolina (UNC) Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and UNC School of Medicine to examine the perceptions of virtual care usability and acceptability among Black...
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