Healthcare Innovation July 17, 2019
The data also revealed that all age groups are equally engaged in telemedicine
In what some are calling one of the first comprehensive data studies examining physician employment trends in telemedicine, doctors who self-reported telemedicine as a skill between 2015 and 2018 has doubled and continues to increase annually by 20 percent.
The findings come from Doximity, a professional medical network, which used its own data on engagement with job postings on the Doximity network. Posted positions reflect those that were advertised through the Doximity network, which has over 70 percent of all U.S. doctors as members.
The study’s authors note that this growth in physician interest correlates with the increasing number of telemedicine patient visits, which has jump 261...