ArticleAmerican journal of surgery2022
Access to telehealth services for colorectal cancer patients in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Digital health for cancer prevention: implications for current and future traditional in-person programs.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Use of Digital Health Interventions for Cancer Prevention Among People Living With Disabilities in the United States: A Scoping Review.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluating variations in the barriers to colorectal cancer screening associated with telehealth use in rural U.S. Pacific Northwest.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Article
- Telehealth Availability for Cancer Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR cancer · 2023Article
- Enhanced Two-Step Virtual Catchment Area (E2SVCA) model to measure telehealth accessibility.Computational urban science · 2023Article
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backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic yielded rapid telehealth deployment to improve healthcare access, including for surgical patients.
methodsWe conducted a secret shopper study to assess telehealth availability for new patient and follow-up colorectal cancer care visits in a random national sample of Commission on Cancer accredited hospitals and investigated predictive facility-level factors.
resultsOf 397 hospitals, 302 (76%) offered telehealth for colorectal cancer patients (75% for follow-up, 42% for new patients). For new patients, NCI-designated Cancer Programs offered telehealth more frequently than Integrated Network (OR: 0.20, p = 0.01), Academic Comprehensive (OR: 0.18, p = 0.001), Comprehensive Community (OR: 0.10, p < 0.001), and Community (OR: 0.11, p < 0.001) Cancer Programs. For follow-up, above average timeliness of care hospitals offered telehealth more frequently than average hospitals (OR: 2.87, p = 0.04).
conclusionsWe identified access disparities and predictive factors for telehealth availability for colorectal cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors should be considered when constructing telehealth policies.
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