Urology Times June 13, 2022
The explosion in the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and was fueled in part by temporary rules giving physicians and patients flexibility to connect across state lines by telephone or online.
Many of these temporary rules have expired or will expire soon, and the authors of a recently published study1 hope their research in trends in use interstate telehealth will help inform policymakers as they decide on permanent state licensure rules for telehealth visits.
“With patients and providers now much more used to telehealth than they were two years ago, and with interstate licensure waivers expired or expected to expire soon, the question of how to design longer-term licensure policies to facilitate interstate telehealth is urgent,” senior study...