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Why Internet access is a ‘super’ determinant of health | Expert Opinion

For many people, access to telemedicine and broadband internet, is unaffordable or inaccessible. For physicians, the pandemic has exposed a digital divide within our patient populations that demands our immediate attention.

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2019 photo, a patient sits in the living room of her apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York during a telemedicine video conference with Dr. Deborah Mulligan. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2019 photo, a patient sits in the living room of her apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York during a telemedicine video conference with Dr. Deborah Mulligan. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Read moreMark Lennihan / AP