Delivering virtual cardiac rehabilitation within correctional facilities to fulfill the decree of Estelle versus Gamble.

Matsumura, Martin E; Nelson, Favour; Zimmerman, Alex; Bower-Stout, Cinde L; Matsumura, Thomas S; Martin, Bryan · NPJ Digit Med · 2026

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Incarcerated individuals suffer from significant inequity of access to health care, a reality that has been the subject of prior high court decisions. This case report highlights the use of a “virtual” telemedicine modality to improve the limited access to evidence-based care, specifically cardiac rehabilitation post myocardial infarction, among incarcerated individuals.