Patients with thoracic cancer who were Black, had Medicaid or resided in areas with high rates of cancer mortality had increased odds of unsuccessful telemedicine visits, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.
Researchers also reported an association of unsuccessful telemedicine visits with worse clinical outcomes.
Two major paradigm shifts occurred in the practice of medicine in 2020, according to study background.
“The first, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, was the rapid adoption and use of telemedicine to replace many in-person visits,” Najeff A. Waseem, MD,