HMP Global June 2, 2023
Geographic regions that lacked access to cancer centers also had the lowest rates of telehealth utilization under Medicare, leading researchers to recommend greater policy efforts to expand telehealth access. The findings were presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.
“Access to specialized cancer care varies by place of residence, partly due to differences in geographic proximity to designated cancer centers. Telehealth services can help alleviate some of these geographic disparities,” said Utkarsh Goel, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, and coauthors.
Using Medicare Telehealth Trends data, the investigators determined what proportion of Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth throughout 2021, after access was expanded during the pandemic. These figures were then used to rank each state by the overall proportion of users, rural...
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