The use of telemedicine has been surging since the onset of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with millions of Americans now using this medium for connecting with their clinicians.
Telehealth interventions including text messaging and remote monitoring may improve obstetric and gynecologic outcomes, according to a recent review.
Compared with rural counties with high broadband availability, rural counties with low broadband availability had 34% fewer telemedicine visits per capita.
There were no medical malpractice claims against direct-to-consumer telemedicine professionals or services among the reported cases identified in this study.
Larger practice size is an important correlate of telemedicine use.
Eighty-eight percent of telehealth visits for ARI were new utilization with an increase in net spending per user.
The eConsult program was rapidly adopted and used by more than 3000 primary care providers by 2015.
This report states that since there is no uniform legal approach to accessing telehealth, the implementation of widespread use of telehealth is limited.
