Addressing ‘techquity’ at Children’s National Hospital

With more than two decades of telemedicine experience and research, the Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital Telemedicine team identified a disparity in access to the internet and digital tools that disproportionately affects low-income and rural communities, causing a digital divide.

THE PROBLEM

Many of these families lack reliable, unlimited internet access or the necessary devices to engage in telemedicine services, which…