Using telehealth consultations for healthcare provision to patients from non-Indigenous racial/ethnic minorities: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a rapid adoption of telehealth consultations, potentially creating new barriers to healthcare access for racial/ethnic minorities. This systematic review explored the use of telehealth consultations for people from racial/ethnic minority populations in relation to health outcomes, access to care, implementation facilitators and barriers, and satisfaction with care.

Materials and methods

This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis and the Joanna Briggs Institute Manual for Evidence Synthesis. Five major databases were searched to identify relevant studies. Screening, full-text review, quality appraisal, and data extraction were all completed independently and in duplicate. A convergent in

SUBMITTER: Truong M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006681 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature