No link between telehealth and low-value services in primary care: study

Healthcare DIVE November 14, 2024
Emily Olsen

The findings could reassure policymakers concerned that virtual care could increase unnecessary or wasteful services.

Dive Brief:

• Increased telehealth utilization wasn’t linked to more low-value services at primary care clinics, according to a study published this week in JAMA Network Open.
• The research found no association between practices that used high levels of telehealth and most types of low-value care, or services that have no clinical benefit for patients and rack up costs.
• The findings could reassure policymakers who have raised concerns that virtual care could increase unnecessary or wasteful services and drive up healthcare spending, the study’s authors wrote.

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