MedPage Today May 4, 2021
— Majority say that telemedicine should continue post-pandemic
Patients and providers felt that prenatal care via telemedicine was safer, more accessible, and cost-effective during the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey found.
Three-quarters of patients stated that they felt safer using telehealth for their obstetrics care during the pandemic, with 18% responding that they would have forgone care if telehealth wasn’t available, reported Karampreet Kaur, a medical student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville.
More than 95% of healthcare providers also felt that providing prenatal care via telemedicine was safer than in-clinic for themselves, their patients, and their peers, she noted during a presentation at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) virtual meeting.
“From our survey study, we...
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