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Broadband is the Achilles' heel of telehealth

Healthcare It News

People of color make up 75% of the unconnected population in urban counties. Region Tag: Global Edition. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health." " But what if there's no broadband?

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Disabilities and Accessibility in Health IT: The Need Is Constant – Part 1

Healthcare IT Today

The test quickly turned up a lot of accessibility problems: For instance, some text would be hard for many people to read because its color was too close to the background color. Healthcare Scene uses a WordPress template. The tools are doing better, though.

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TikTok Reveals Consumers Want Engaging Healthcare Content

HIT Consultant

A quick search will discover that posts tagged with #DoctorsofTikTok have 8 billion views. Imagery showcases people with a wide variety of skin colors, facial features, hair textures, body types and shapes to be more medically accurate. And three, the content is ready to be used by a diverse set of users.

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Study: NYC Black, Latino patients less likely than white patients to use telehealth during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected people of color in the United States, with researchers flagging the serious ramifications that could arise from using potentially biased artificial intelligence models to address the coronavirus. WHY IT MATTERS.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 3 of 5, Letters “K” through “O”

Health Populi

I found a vintage hotel key sticker (the Hotel Continental) which echoes theme-wise with the red key on the right, perpendicularly placed with the United States Lines tag for a cabin class cruise ship stateroom — an allusion to the cruise ships that had been super-spreaders for the coronavirus. The “Outbreak!”

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Telehealth and mail-order abortion possible in some states during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Advocates noted in the lawsuit that abortion restrictions have worked in tandem with the effects of the coronavirus to disproportionately impact patients of color, low-income people and other already vulnerable populations. And abortion's price tag isn't always covered by insurance, which could put it out of reach financially.

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Isn’t It Eyeconic? Vision Care in the Evolving Health Care Ecosystem

Health Populi

People have a lot of curiosity about eyes, John observed — what does an eye color say about one’s health? The tag line of the book is how AI can help humanize health care. How can I banish bags from my eyes? What causes eye pain? The questions are many and varied and curious.

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