Published on in Vol 26 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/53932, first published .
Opportunities to Address Specialty Care Deserts and the Digital Divide through the Veterans Health Administration’s Telehealth Hub-and-Spoke Cardiology Clinic: Retrospective Cohort Study

Opportunities to Address Specialty Care Deserts and the Digital Divide through the Veterans Health Administration’s Telehealth Hub-and-Spoke Cardiology Clinic: Retrospective Cohort Study

Opportunities to Address Specialty Care Deserts and the Digital Divide through the Veterans Health Administration’s Telehealth Hub-and-Spoke Cardiology Clinic: Retrospective Cohort Study

Rebecca Lauren Tisdale   1, 2 , MD, MPA ;   Colin Purmal   3, 4 , MD ;   Neil Kalwani   1, 2 , MD, MPP ;   Alexander Sandhu   2 , MD, MS ;   Paul Heidenreich   1, 2 , MD, MS ;   Donna Zulman   1, 2 , MD, MS ;   Tanvir Hussain   3, 4 , MD, MBA, MSc, MHS

1 Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i), Health Services Research, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA, United States

2 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

3 VA San Francisco Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA, United States

4 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Rebecca Lauren Tisdale, MD, MPA
  • Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i)
  • Health Services Research
  • VA Palo Alto Health Care System
  • 795 Willow Rd,152-MPD
  • Bldg 324
  • Menlo Park, CA, 94025
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 6502695193
  • Email: rebecca.tisdale2@va.gov