mHealth Intelligence March 5, 2024
Parkland Health and URMC leaders discuss their recently established community-based telehealth resources to improve healthcare access.
The unprecedented rise in telehealth use in recent years signified a new era in healthcare delivery that purported to meet patients where they are. Though the much-lauded benefits of telehealth technology are rooted in real-world evidence, the digital divide has stemmed its potential. Thus, healthcare provider organizations are working to expand access to telehealth itself, establishing various initiatives to bring the technology to underserved communities.
The digital divide refers to the gap between communities that have access to modern information and communications technology and those that don’t or have restricted access.
A Pew Research Center survey reveals that 80 percent of Americans have access...