MedPage Today October 18, 2020
— Emerging trends in telemedicine and telehealth
Welcome to Telehealth Roundup, highlighting news and features about emerging trends in telemedicine and telehealth.
Outpatient Visits Rebound
Outpatient visits per week have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, but not for all providers and patients, a new Commonwealth Fund report showed.
In total, weekly outpatient visit counts have slightly exceeded pre-pandemic levels, but varied by patient age, geographic area, clinical specialty, and insurance coverage, the research institute reported.
Weekly visits to dermatologists, urologists, and adult primary care physicians, for example, were higher than before the pandemic, while visits to pulmonologists and behavioral health providers were considerably lower.
As in-person visits dropped during the early days of the COVID-19 public health emergency, telemedicine visits rose...
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