Telehealth helps transform traditional healthcare delivery processes to improve access to care. It has witnessed a surge in popularity since the advent of the Cdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3707829Ayabakan, SezginBardhan, IndranilZheng, EricSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Health economicsPatient engagementTelehealthAs part of an efficient, continuously improving care delivery system, telehealth can increase patient engagement by creating new or additional ways of communicating with patients' physicians. Telehealth has the potential to increase patient and primary care provider...
In addition to positive experiences and growing comfort with telehealth services, we also have to factor in the length of the current pandemic. In many areas, a second wave of infections is being reported; the longer people social distance and limit contact, the more using remote healthcare bec...
The expanded availability of telehealth due to the COVID-19 pandemic presents a concern that telehealth may result in an unnecessary increase in utilization. We analyzed 4,114,651 primary care encounters (939,134 unique patients) from three healthcare sy
representing one of the largest analyses of telehealth use trends amongcancer patientsto date. Among people receiving established, ongoing care during the study, it found that 39.4% took part in at least one telehealth visit, demonstrating the critical role telehealth has played in the care of pat...
Telehealth can facilitate effective care for these types of visits since the patient does not need to be in-person with the doctor. Many physicians report seeing an improvement in their patients’ health; and conducting appointments with patients in the comfort of the...
Telehealth made clear inroads for greater mental healthcare utilization early on in the pandemic. The number oftelehealth claims jumped from 200 a day in February 2020 to 38,000 per day just three months later in May. As the pandemic becomes more manageable, telehealth usage h...
This study found that the implementation of telehealth in 2020 did not lead to delayed or more severe diagnosis of HDPs. What does this add to what is known? Telehealth has offered many benefits to patients as a part of prenatal care, both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and its...
But, amid virtual care access difficulties, the government has tried to break down barriers. A study published in Maydescribed how a federal telehealth waiver led to improved access to virtual healthcarefor Medicare beneficiaries, even in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Before the implement...
Even in the United States, it was observed that, although telehealth services were arranged as an alternative to in-person medical appointments, the range of services provided by telehealth services was limited [34]. Further, some HIV patients may be unable to access telehealth services for ...