We found concerning disparities in access to orthopaedic care via telemedicine for patients, and we observed that those disparities were associated with race or ethnicity, primary language, and insurance status, according to the new report, led by Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD, MSc, of Harvard Medical School.
Can telemedicine mitigate rather than exacerbate healthcare disparities ?
Telemedicine has the potential to improve healthcare access for hard-to-reach populations. But there are concerns that growing reliance on telemedicine might perpetuate or even worsen existing healthcare disparities - for example, adding new barriers for non-English speakers or people without computers and high-speed internet.
Dr. Schoenfeld s team studied these disparities by evaluating nearly 2,000 patients experiences getting orthopaedic care via telemedicine at two Boston medical centers early in the pandemic, from March to May 2020, and comparing them to the experience of nearly 10,000 orthopaedic p
Gender parity in orthopaedic surgery requires substantive changes to improve the current curve
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Without major changes, gender parity in orthopaedic surgery will take two centuries
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