mHealth Intelligence January 26, 2024
Anuja Vaidya

A new qualitative study reveals positive patient perceptions of telehealth medication abortions provided within their primary care networks.

Primary care settings provided safe, acceptable, and positive telehealth medication abortion experiences for patients, new research published in the Annals of Family Medicine shows.

Conducted by researchers at the University of Washington Medicine (UW Medicine), Cambridge Health Alliance, Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernadino counties, and the Reproductive Health Access Project, the study explored patient experiences and perspectives on obtaining telehealth medication abortions through their primary care networks.

Following the 2022 Supreme Court decision to eliminate the federal constitutional right to abortion, 14 states banned abortions, four states placed gestational limits between six and 12 weeks on abortions, and seven states...

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