Mental Health Specialist Telemedicine Uptake and Patient Location
This cohort study found that greater telemedicine uptake was associated with only small increases in the share of visits to patients in rural, low-access-to-care, or distant communities. Tailored policy interventions may be needed for telemedicine to reach its potential of improving mental health care of individuals with the greatest difficulty accessing it in their local community.
Authors
- Andrew Wilcock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3214-1188)
- Jacob Jorem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1965-1318)
- Evan S. Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7873-2952)
- Busch Ab
- Ateev Mehrotra
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Providence College (US)
- McLean Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.0823
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00