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Telehealth to Address Health Disparities: Potential, Pitfalls, and Paths Ahead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2021

David A. Simon  and
Carmel Shachar
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Abstract

Telehealth has the potential to address health disparities, but not without deliberate choices about how to implement it. To support vulnerable patients, health policy leaders must pursue creative solutions such as public-private partnerships, broadband infrastructure, and value-based payment. Without these initiatives or others like them, health disparities are likely to persist despite telehealth’s tantalizing potential.

Keywords

TelehealthEquityAccessPayment ModelsPandemic
Type
Independent Articles: Commentary
Information
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 49 , Issue 3: Malingering & Health Policy , Fall 2021 , pp. 415 - 417
Copyright
© 2021 The Author(s)

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