Crossing the digital divide: a veteran affairs program to distribute video-enabled devices to patients in a supportive housing program.
Veterans Health Administration
health services accessibility
telemedicine
Journal
JAMIA open
ISSN: 2574-2531
Titre abrégé: JAMIA Open
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101730643
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Historique:
received:
06
12
2021
revised:
22
02
2022
accepted:
13
04
2022
entrez:
22
8
2022
pubmed:
23
8
2022
medline:
23
8
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Evaluate an initiative to distribute video-enabled tablets and cell phones to individuals enrolled in Veterans Health Affairs supportive housing program during the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2020, individuals in the Veteran Health Affairs (VA) Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program were offered either a video-enabled tablet or cellphone to support their communication and health care engagement needs. We examined sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of device recipients, and compared engagement in in-person, telephone, and video-based visits (categorized as primary care, specialty care, rehabilitation, HUD-VASH, mental health care, and other) for 6 months prior to (March 1, 2020-August 31, 2020) and following (September 1, 2020-July 30, 2021) device receipt. In total, 5127 Veterans received either a tablet ( Providing video-enabled devices to Veterans in a supportive housing program may facilitate engagement in health care. VA's device distribution program offers a model for expanding access to health-related technology and telemedicine to individuals in supportive housing programs.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35991861
doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac027
pii: ooac027
pmc: PMC9053098
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
ooac027Subventions
Organisme : HSRD VA
ID : IK2 HX003139
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association 2022.
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