Healthcare IT News January 19, 2022
Kat Jercich

A new study taking a closer look at surgical consultations early in the pandemic highlighted patterns among individuals who relied on video and audio-only visits.

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons sought to take a closer look at the patients who sought surgical consultations in-person and via telemedicine in 2020.

Between March 24 and June 23, researchers found that Latinx patients were significantly less likely to have video telemedicine compared with audio-only visits.

And between June 24 and December 2020, Black patients were more likely to use virtual surgical consultations.

“The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically transformed the healthcare delivery landscape and fundamentally shifted the ways in which patients access healthcare,” wrote...

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