The State of Telehealth Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Julia Shaver. Primary Care, 2022

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Telemedicine was underused and understudied until the COVID-19 pandemic, during which reduced regulations and increased payment parity facilitated a rapid increase in telemedicine consultation. Telemedicine literature to date suggests that it holds benefits for patients and health care providers, may result in outcomes not inferior to in-person care, and has cost-saving implications. Future research should investigate which conditions are best suited to assess and treat via telemedicine (including physical exam elements), what techniques improve telemedicine communication, how to help patients equitably access telemedicine, and how to best educate the future health care workforce.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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