ArticleSSM - population health2024
The digital health divide: Understanding telehealth adoption across racial lines in rural Illinois.
Article in SSM - population health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Impact of a Telehealth Navigator Intervention on Hypertension Control Among Black Patients Served by Federally Qualified Health Centers.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Observational
- Barriers and Facilitators to Telehealth in Underserved Rural Communities: A Mixed-Methods Formative Evaluation.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- The feasibility of using deep learning technologies to preliminarily identify patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis via smartphone videos.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Analyzing Smart Healthcare Adoption in Remote-Island Primary Care Clinics: A Hybrid MDM-AHP Study from Kinmen Island.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Health Education Modalities and Influencing Factors in Rural Philippine Communities: A Mixed-Methods Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Challenges and experiences in digital health equity: a qualitative exploration of the implementation of the Health Code system in China.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- The role of information and communication technology on the well-being of residents in rural nursing homes.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- The roles of COVID-19 pandemic exposure and telehealth in prenatal care access for rural and racial minority communities in the United States: A retrospective cohort study.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2025Article
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Abstract
Due to long-standing barriers to healthcare access in rural areas, telehealth has been promoted as an effective means of delivering healthcare services. However, there is a general absence of quantitative data showing how geographic residence and race affect telehealth adoption. This study examines variations in telehealth adoption based on race and geographic residence in Southern Illinois using a mail survey. It finds that residents of urban Carbondale, compared to those in rural Cairo, have better access to broadband and are more likely to use telehealth. Respondents significantly differ from each other based on their geographic location of residence and race when it came to using telehealth to save money on travel and to save money on childcare. A significant barrier to telehealth adoption identified across all groups is privacy protection concern. The findings highlight the crucial role of broadband infrastructure in healthcare access and the need for trust in telehealth systems to ensure data privacy.
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