How Telehealth Could Improve — or Worsen — Racial Disparities
While telehealth may be a panacea for access to healthcare, particularly in COVID times, we should be concerned that patients of color may be left behind.
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Read more: Telehealth Policy Brought to the Fore in the COVID-19 Pandemic Telehealth Policy Brought to the Fore in the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the value of telehealth as both a tool of necessity as well as of innovation.
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Read more: How Telehealth Can Reduce Disparities How Telehealth Can Reduce Disparities
Telehealth can reduce barriers to care, such as lack of access to transportation, culturally-competent providers, and childcare.
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Read more: Substantial Obstacles after June Medical Services: ACOG v. FDA Substantial Obstacles after June Medical Services: ACOG v. FDA
Even if FDA restrictions are untethered to medication abortion’s safety, they may not necessarily produce the type of obstacle at issue in June Medical.
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Read more: Social Workers and Chaplains at the Front Lines During COVID-19 Social Workers and Chaplains at the Front Lines During COVID-19
This article investigates the unique approaches chaplains and social workers are taking to serve patients digitally in their times of need.
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Read more: Telehealth amid COVID-19: What Health Care Providers Should Know Telehealth amid COVID-19: What Health Care Providers Should Know
A primer to help medical professionals understand telehealth in this moment and choose technologies to support quality patient care.
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Read more: Protecting the Vulnerable Substance Use Disorder Population During COVID-19 Protecting the Vulnerable Substance Use Disorder Population During COVID-19
By Brandon George and Nicolas P. Terry Introduction Earlier this month, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse identified those with substance use disorder (SUD) as a particularly vulnerable population during the COVID-19 pandemic. She highlighted the negative effects of opioid or methamphetamine use on respiratory and pulmonary health in addition…
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Read more: New Research: Legal Epidemiology in the Literature New Research: Legal Epidemiology in the Literature
It’s a rainy day on the East Coast; what better way to get through the damp than four new legal epidemiology articles? Our colleagues have published papers examining vaccine policies, telehealth reimbursement policies, scope of practice laws for health care providers, and the field of legal epidemiology as a whole: Legal Epidemiology: The Science of…