Business Insider June 9, 2021
Megan Hernbroth

  • Telemedicine boomed in the US during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Now that states are reopening, many patients are opting back into in-person visits.
  • Many hospitals and clinics are now grappling with a hybrid system that combines telemedicine and in-person visits.
  • This article is part of a series called “Future of Healthcare,” which explores how technology is driving innovation in the development of healthcare.

Doctors’ offices and hospitals are emerging from the confines of telehealth-only visits as the pandemic-induced closures ease up around the US.

Telehealth’s impact, however, is only just getting off the ground.

During the pandemic, doctors’ offices and clinics rapidly adopted technology that allowed them to conduct non-emergency patient visits over the phone or video conference....

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Topics: Digital Health, Health IT, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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