Becker's Healthcare July 25, 2024
While telehealth use has largely leveled off since the COVID-19 pandemic, one group of patients at Kaiser Permanente and UCSF Health has increasingly taken advantage of the technology.
Dementia patients at the Oakland, Calif.- and San Francisco-based health systems have had a big rise in telehealth usage, as these individuals often are elderly and have complex medical issues and find it difficult to travel or would prefer to stay home, according to a July 24 study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
“We found that a key benefit of telemedicine — reduced need to drive long distances to a clinic — is being realized for these patients,” said lead author Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD, director of UCSF’s Center for Clinical...
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