Becker's Healthcare May 11, 2021
Telehealth may become a permanent aspect of how patients receive their healthcare. Here are 16 takeaways from six recent reports on telehealth.
The following reports were published by Becker’s Hospital Review in the last month:
- Sixty-five percent of healthcare leaders said they are facilitating a shift toward virtual care offerings.
- Eighty-nine percent of healthcare leaders said they are investing in telehealth.
- West Virginia University researchers explored patient trends to decipher the appropriate number of telehealth visits and lengths patients should partake. The study found that regardless of the form telehealth took, telehealth produced positive results in patients who received the services for 51 weeks.
- Telehealth visits that lasted a duration of 37 weeks or 38 weeks created mixed or...