Is Telemedicine Closing the ‘Race Gap’ in Primary Care?

The use of telemedicine boomed during the pandemic, so University of Pennsylvania researchers decided to examine how that affected Black patients’ historically lower access to primary care.

“We looked through the entire year of 2020, not just the first half of the year when telemedicine was the only option for many people, and the appointment completion gap between Black and non-Black patients closed,” said study senior author Dr. Krisda...