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New Penn Study Suggests Telemedicine During COVID-19 May Have Increased Access to Care for Black Patients

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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, most primary care appointments shifted to telemedicine. New research from the University of Pennsylvania suggests telehealth may have increased access to care for Black patients in that health system.

WHYY's Sojourner Ahebee has more on what that means.

(Original air-date: 2/12/22)

Sojourner Ahébée covers health equity for WHYY’s weekly health and science show, The Pulse, and the WHYY newsroom. Her reporting focuses on access to health care, outcomes, and societal factors that impact health in communities of color. Sojourner’s work is supported by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund. Her writing has been published in The Atlantic, The Academy of American Poets (Poem A Day), Ploughshares, and elsewhere. Sojourner is a recipient of a 2019 MacDowell Fellowship and a graduate of Stanford University.