MobiHealth News March 9, 2023
Jessica Hagen

A study in JAMA Network Open tracking telemedicine visits pre- and post-pandemic across the VA reveals increasing inequities between rural and urban communities.

A digital divide in telemedicine use between rural and urban communities increased after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly within mental health integration services, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

The study evaluated 3.6 million mental health integration visits and 63.5 million primary care visits across 138 Veterans Affairs healthcare systems nationwide from March 16, 2019, to December 15, 2021.

Across the cohort, 6.3 million unique patients with an average age of 61 years were included in the study, of which 90.5% were men. The majority of patients (66.3%) identified as...

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