The Evolution Of Telehealth: Time To Bust Some Old Myths
Forbes August 20, 2024
Lyle Berkowitz, MD is a primary care physician and the Founder and CEO of KeyCare, an Epic-based virtual care company.
Telehealth had an enormous peak at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with over 80% of care being done online for a few weeks, compared to pre-Covid rates of under 1%. Since then, we have seen telehealth rates settle in at a healthy 10% to 15% of all care across the U.S.
In other words, telehealth is here to stay. However, old myths about telehealth continue to persist, which is why researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center published a paper in NEJM Catalyst in 2022 to help dispel these falsehoods: “Telemedicine is an effective and efficient way of...