在一个服务不足,没有保险的患者群体中探索远程医疗的障碍
Ashna Raiker1, Meenu Johnkutty1, Ambar Ruiz1
1Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
Telemedicine reports
|August 29, 2024
概括
在服务不足的社区,远程医疗的使用是有限的. 这项研究发现,讲西班牙语的人面临着重大障碍,包括低科技舒适度和互联网接入,阻碍远程医疗的采用.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 数字健康 公平数字健康 公平
- 社区健康 社区健康
背景情况:
- 远程医疗为服务不足的人群提供了改善医疗保健的潜力.
- 远程医疗的不足利用限制了护理和健康结果的连续性.
- 一项试点研究检查了学生经营的免费诊所的远程医疗态度和障碍.
研究的目的:
- 调查患者对远程医疗的态度.
- 在不同患者群体中识别远程医疗采用的障碍.
- 为改善远程医疗的可访问性提供有针对性的干预信息.
主要方法:
- 电子调查每两个月对100名患者 (2022年5月至2023年8月) 进行.
- 调查收集了有关人口统计,远程医疗态度,感知障碍和技术舒适性的数据.
- 分析了比较英语和西班牙语患者组的数据.
主要成果:
- 大多数患者是西班牙裔/拉丁裔 (68%),女性 (54%),年龄在40-60岁 (52%).
- 西班牙语说者报告说,技术舒适性和可靠的互联网接入程度较低 (66.7%) 与英语说者 (100%) 相比.
- 英语发言者对数字设备的拥有程度更高,并且在医疗保健中使用它们更舒适.
结论:
- 远程医疗障碍存在显著差异,不成比例地影响西班牙语人士.
- 解决技术和访问差距对于公平的远程医疗实施至关重要.
- 需要以调查为指导的干预措施来克服这些已识别的差异.
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