Telemedicine Disparities in Ambulatory Cardiology Visits in a Large Academic Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted rapid expansion of telemedicine to access subspecialty care. However, potential disparities in access to telemedicine in cardiology remain to be fully characterized.

Objectives

The authors aimed to study whether telemedicine visit modality (video or audio only) differed by sociodemographic characteristics in the outpatient cardiology population of a large academic health center.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of telemedicine encounter data from all outpatient cardiology telemedicine visits from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021. We examined unique patients' first telemedicine encounter during the study period. The primary outcome was visit modality, video versus audio-only visit. Predictors of a

SUBMITTER: Shah L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11450899 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature