Association Between Broadband Internet Availability and Telemedicine Use

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Nov 1;179(11):1580-1582. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2234.

Authors

Andrew D Wilcock¹, Sherri Rose¹, Alisa B Busch^{1

2}, Haiden A Huskamp¹, Lori Uscher-Pines³, Bruce Landon^{1

4}, Ateev Mehrotra^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Hospital Administration, McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This population-based study examines the availability of broadband in local communities for telemedicine.

Grants and funding

R01 MH112829/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States