Challenges and strategies for promoting health equity in virtual care: findings and policy directions from a scoping review of reviews.
Suman BudhwaniJamie FujiokaTyla Thomas-JacquesKristina De VeraPriyanka ChallaRyan De SilvaKaitlin FullerSimone ShahidSophie HogeveenShivani ChandraR Sacha BhatiaEmily SetoJames ShawPublished in: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA (2022)
Challenges associated with accessibility of virtual care among underserved population groups can occur at the individual, technological, health system, and social/structural determinant levels. Although the policy approaches suggested by our review are likely to be difficult to achieve in a given policy context, they are essential to a more equitable future for virtual care.