Telemedicine barriers and challenges for persons with disabilities: COVID-19 and beyond.
Thiru M Annaswamy, Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Lex Frieden
PMID 32703737WHAT IT FOUND
This paper does not test any therapy.
It reviews the barriers persons with disabilities faced when telemedicine became the primary mode of care during the pandemic. It lists infrastructure, regulatory, and communication gaps but offers no evidence that any specific intervention works.
What this paper is
This is a narrative review identifying barriers to telemedicine for persons with disabilities, focusing on infrastructure, regulatory, and communication challenges. It reports no clinical trial data, patient outcomes, or intervention effects, so there is nothing here to change your practice on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that telemedicine is effective or safe for your specific patient population. The paper describes systemic barriers and policy gaps but provides no clinical data on outcomes.