AMA January 9, 2023
Tanya Albert Henry, Contributing News Writer

About 25% of patients used telehealth last year, far exceeding the 5% who accessed care this way before the pandemic. And as the budding field evolves, that share is expected to continue to rise in the coming years.

During an AMA Telehealth Immersion Program webinar, experts shared their views and perspectives on how a system propelled to the forefront of medicine evolved in 2022 and where it is headed in 2023.

Telehealth usage spiked to 70% in 2020, but that happened in a U.S. health care system that wasn’t built or optimized for such an influx of patients.

The usability wasn’t there and, culturally, patients and physicians who weren’t fully ready to move to virtual care were happy to go...

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