COVID-19 Telehealth Expansion Can Help Solve the Health Care Underutilization Challenge

Takeaway Points

• The policy response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has removed barriers inhibiting the delivery of remote health care, serving as an opportunity to directly address the gap in health care underutilization.
• Policies that encourage telehealth and remote patient monitoring can directly lead to improved chronic disease management, an area of underutilization and high cost to the health care system.
• Prior studies demonstrate the efficacy of telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and community health workers. We expand upon these...