Black and Hispanic Patients With Cancer Used Telehealth Care Less Often Than White Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic ASCO Press Release, October 5, 2020

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Black and Hispanic Patients With Cancer Used Telehealth Care Less Often Than White Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic
ASCO Press Release, October 5, 2020

7,681 patients with cancer who had a telehealth (phone or video) visit during March 1, 2020 to June 1, 2020. Significant differences among races were observed in the use of telehealth in 2020 as compared with the health system’s patient demographics in 2019.