Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-4-2024

Identifier

DOI: 10.2196/57435

Abstract

Telehealth presents both the potential to improve access to care and to widen the digital divide contributing to health care disparities and obliging health care systems to standardize approaches to measure and display telehealth disparities. Based on a literature review and the operational experience of clinicians, informaticists, and researchers in the Supporting Pediatric Research on Outcomes and Utilization of Telehealth (SPROUT)-Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Network, we outline a strategic framework for health systems to develop and optimally use a telehealth equity dashboard through a 3-phased approach of (1) defining data sources and key equity-related metrics of interest; (2) designing a dynamic and user-friendly dashboard; and (3) deploying the dashboard to maximize engagement among clinical staff, investigators, and administrators.

Journal Title

Interact J Med Res

Volume

13

First Page

57435

Last Page

57435

Keywords

access to care; clinician; clinicians; dashboard; dashboards; data; data source mapping; disparities; disparity; equity; framework; health system; health systems; healthcare; informaticist; informaticists; pediatric; pediatrics; researcher; researchers; telehealth; televisit

Comments

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Interactive Journal of Medical Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://www.i-jmr.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.

Publisher's Link: https://www.i-jmr.org/2024/1/e57435

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