Becker's Healthcare January 9, 2024
Callie Leighton

Rates of follow-up appointments in physicians offices have remained steady over the past three years, but follow-ups after telehealth appointments are slightly more likely, according to a report published Jan. 9 by Epic Research.

Research teams working for the EHR giant gathered information from follow-up visits in the same speciality at 7, 30, and 90 days, and compared likelihood of follow-up after a telehealth vs. in-office appointment. This research builds off a previous study that found higher follow-up rates from an in-office visit at 90 days.

The teams found that, from January 2020 to August 2023, the follow-up rate for both...

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Topics: Digital Health, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Telehealth, Trends
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