A recent study finds that replacing or augmenting in-person healthcare visits with telemedicine care yielded similar or better outcomes in certain scenarios.
While people are turning to telemedicine more than ever, the demographics of users suggest that younger educated patients with higher incomes are using it at the highest rate, according to a report from Rock Health.
More patients turned to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and a majority of them intend to continue to use it, according to a new survey conducted by GoodRx.
Telehealth has expanded significantly since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last spring. The expansion of telehealth has included growth in specialties that previously experienced modest adoption of telemedicine, such as oncology. Using telehealth poses risks for healthcare providers,...
Use of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC) grew by 47% during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the IMLC Commission, more than 8,000 licenses were issued through the compact from March 2020 to March 2021. During the previous 12-month period, nearly 4,000 licenses were issued.