mHealth Intelligence October 18, 2023
In-person follow-up rates were higher after telehealth than in-person office visits and linked to cases involving physical pain, a new study reveals.
New research shows that the rate of in-person follow-up visits was low following phone and video visits for primary care but still higher than after in-person appointments.
The study, conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The research team aimed to examine treatment and follow-up visits between video or telephone-based telehealth and in-person office visits for primary care.
The researchers conducted a retrospective study using administrative and EHR data. They gathered data for 1.5 million adult patients receiving primary care at a large, integrated healthcare system between April 2021...
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