TechTarget September 5, 2019
Rural communities often suffer from a lack of healthcare access, and nursing homes in these areas are doubly at risk. Telehealth brings needed services to these vulnerable populations.
Fifteen percent of the U.S. population lives in rural areas, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. This equals more than 46 million Americans, some of whom have complex health conditions and must seek care in places where few specialists and physicians practice medicine.