Disparities in Virtual Cardiology Visits Among Veterans Health Administration Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Presents the results of a study to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic, during the first year, influenced the digital divide for patients using virtual and video-based care in Veterans Health Administration (VA) cardiology clinics across the U.S. Study examined sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, drive time to care, geographic location – rural and urban – and encounter type to determine changes in access to care by video, phone, and face-to-face.

Rebecca L. Tisdale, Jacqueline Ferguson, James Van Campen, et al.

JAMIA Open, 5(4)

12/2022

Access · Cardiovascular disease · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Veterans