Medical Economics May 24, 2023
Study identifies four broad reasons for differences
When demand for telemedicine visits surged with the arrival of COVID-19, why were some primary care practices better able to meet the demand than others? A new study in Annals of Internal Medicine identifies four broad reasons behind the difference.
The study’s authors surveyed 25 practice leaders, representing 87 primary care practices in Florida and New York, about their practices’ experiences with implementing telemedicine. Questions were guided by three “frameworks,” including health information technology evaluation, access to care, and health information technology life cycle.
After analyzing the responses, the researchers identified four overarching themes. First was that the ease with which a practice adopted...