Telehealth Archives

06.26.2024 Young woman sitting at table talking with doctor via telehealth appointment on her laptop

Click to Care: Telehealth Abortion Services

Telehealth abortion services have become a pillar of reproductive care post-Dobbs, offering the unique benefit of receiving care at home.

Fellow Dani Weissert

06.07.2024 Closeup of woman with empty blister pack of pills using telehealth pharmacy on a smartphone at home

Health Equity

The Murky World of Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth

With easy access to medical services and prescriptions, the consumer appeal of direct-to-consumer telehealth providers is clear. But the disadvantages are equally clear.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

04.02.2024 graph depicting proportion of U.S. military veteran participants with biochemically verified prolonged smoking abstinence (with lapses) by treatment group (standard care vs telehealth intervention)

graph depicting proportion of U.S. military veteran participants with biochemically verified prolonged smoking abstinence (with lapses) by treatment group (standard care vs telehealth intervention)

The Case for Incentivized Telehealth for Smoking Cessation

Thirty percent of those enrolled in a mobile smoking cessation program remained smoke-free after three months compared to 16% of those who attended standard in-person sessions.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

02.22.2024 Bar graph depicting telehealth survey results, broken down by race

Health Equity

Telehealth’s Tech Gap

Despite the widespread push for telehealth adoption, Black patients report having less telehealth visits than White patients, largely due to a lack of internet access.

Fellow Sean Hagan

09.11.2023 two bar graphs depicting telehealth access among rural vs. non-rural adults and low-income and non-low-income adults

Health Equity

Disparities in Telehealth Access

Though telehealth use has largely increased since 2020, gaps in use persist among rural and low-income adults, likely driven by a lack of access to and information about these services.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

08.25.2023 arial landscape of rural farmland

Health Equity

Hubs, Hotspots, and the Digital Divide

Farmworkers often lack internet access due to rural living conditions. To close this digital divide, the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program launched a project to increase connectivity and health information access in isolated areas.

Fellow Adna Jaganjac

05.31.2022 a graph of a graph with numbers and lines

Tablets, Teletherapy, and Rural Veteran Health

Providing a device for veterans living in rural areas to access teletherapy decreased suicide-related emergency department visits.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

02.11.2022 McClendon

Juliette McClendon

Psychologist Juliette McClendon, Big Health's Director of Medical Affairs, talks about young adult mental health, the future of digital therapies and reaching marginalized populations.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

02.01.2022 pregnant women telehealth visit

Applying Pandemic Lessons to Improve Reproductive Health

Positive policy changes implemented during the pandemic should continue to promote reproductive health long-term.

Guest Authors Rosemary Raymundo, Alexandra Skinner, Julia Raifman

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