Managed Healthcare Executive June 5, 2020
Peter Wehrwein

Telehealth use nearly tripled, trust in physicians as a source of information about COVID-19 is high, and almost two out every three Americans want to be tested for the SARS-CoV-2, according to online, invitation-only survey conducted on behalf of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP).

“It is telling how quickly people adjusted to virtual care,” says Ceci Connolly, president and CEO of ACHP. “It is high time we delivered care when and where people wanted it.”

Susan Cantrell, CEO of AMCP, says it was a relief to see that the survey shows that pharmacy usage remained strong — 46% of the respondents indicated that they had gotten prescription medications in the...

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Topics: Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Survey / Study, Technology, Telehealth, Trends
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