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    Telehealth has been used for decades to facilitate patient-doctor communication and has significantly impacted healthcare during the pandemic. States like Oregon with large rural populations, over one-third in Oregon's case, have adopted telehealth to provide medical care. Telehealth has helped improve healthcare and reduce mortality rates in Oregon's rural communities. The elderly, who make up 17.6% of Oregon's population, have particular difficulty traveling from rural to urban areas for healthcare due to limited transportation access, long travel times, and high costs. Telehealth has improved accessibility and affordability of care for the elderly in Oregon's rural areas by reducing transportation barriers.

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    Telehealth has been used for decades to facilitate patient-doctor communication and has significantly impacted healthcare during the pandemic. States like Oregon with large rural populations, over one-third in Oregon's case, have adopted telehealth to provide medical care. Telehealth has helped improve healthcare and reduce mortality rates in Oregon's rural communities. The elderly, who make up 17.6% of Oregon's population, have particular difficulty traveling from rural to urban areas for healthcare due to limited transportation access, long travel times, and high costs. Telehealth has improved accessibility and affordability of care for the elderly in Oregon's rural areas by reducing transportation barriers.

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    Telehealth has been used for decades to facilitate patient-doctor communication and has significantly impacted healthcare during the pandemic. States like Oregon with large rural populations, over one-third in Oregon's case, have adopted telehealth to provide medical care. Telehealth has helped improve healthcare and reduce mortality rates in Oregon's rural communities. The elderly, who make up 17.6% of Oregon's population, have particular difficulty traveling from rural to urban areas for healthcare due to limited transportation access, long travel times, and high costs. Telehealth has improved accessibility and affordability of care for the elderly in Oregon's rural areas by reducing transportation barriers.

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    Telehealth in Oregon 3

    Abstract

    Telehealth has served as a major source of patient-doctor communication from decades ago and,

    has now made a revolutionary impact in healthcare during today’s health crisis. Some States

    such as Texas and Kansas, along with Oregon, which consist of at least one-third of its

    population in rural areas, have also adapted to telehealth to provide medical care to its

    population. Oregon has utilized telehealth as a means of improving healthcare and reducing the

    mortality rates in rural communities. The geriatric population which makes up about 17.6% of

    Oregon, experience the most difficulties in travelling from rural to urban areas due to limited

    access in transportation, long travelling times, and increase transportation costs. Six peer-

    reviewed articles were used to investigate this topic along with sources from the Department of

    Health & Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The topic under

    review will focus on the geriatric population in these rural areas, where transportation to the

    nearest healthcare facility is constrained and driving distance can take increase lengths of time

    for the administration of medical services. With telehealth in place, there have been many

    changes in the provision of care for geriatrics both in improved accessibility and affordability,

    particularly in rural areas of Oregon.

    Keywords: Telehealth, rural areas, geriatrics, accessibility, affordability.

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