Telehealth leapt forward with Covid-19. Who was left behind?

The rise of telehealth has also concerns about perpetuating unequal access to care, partly due to the ‘digital divide’. — Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

When Johnnett Kent learned she had lung cancer, the Covid-19 pandemic was already descending on California. Her doctor didn’t want the 49-year-old to risk her health by heading into a crowded clinic between surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.

So she started checking in with Kent through her smartphone. Kent was skeptical of the arrangement at first, thinking, “Can this really work?”