Equity in Telemedicine
Online CME
Are you ready to challenge your skills and grow your ability to provide equitable telemedicine care?
This single session explores the pros and cons of telemedicine in providing equitable care, including its effect—both positive and negative—on existing barriers to care.
- Examine how you currently provide telehealth services.
- Identify areas to improve yourself and your team.
- Provide more equitable care to your own patient population.
Lillian Holloway, MD — Dr. Lillian Holloway is a board-certified family physician that has dedicated her career to studying and addressing health inequities. She is a graduate of Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina in Havana, Cuba and completed residency at The University of Illinois Chicago, where she was honored with the distinctions of Health Disparities Scholar, Global Community Medicine Scholar and Chief Resident. Following residency, she chose to work in jails and prisons out of a commitment to work with communities that have historically been underserved in medicine. She has worked for The US Department of Justice and Cook County Jail in Chicago, where she was awarded for her work and research on improving access to reproductive healthcare for justice-impacted persons. Dr. Holloway is fluent in Spanish and English and has a special interest in behavioral health and trauma-informed care as well as reproductive health. Dr. Holloway started working in telehealth because she is intrigued by its potential to increase access to care and the implications this could have for overall public health.
- Identify three benefits of telemedicine in providing equitable care.
- Describe three challenges of telemedicine that present barriers to providing equitable care.
- List three considerations that should be taken into account when designing an equitable telemedicine program.
AAFP’s Health Equity Fellowship is made possible through the financial support from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.
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The AAFP has reviewed Equity in Telemedicine and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.5 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 1/30/2024 to 1/30/2027. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this Enduring Materials for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.