Use of telemedicine among office-based physicians, 2021
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- ONC data brief
- Author(s):
- Pylypchuk, Yuriy, author Barker, Wesley, author
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Washington, DC] : Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, March 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Physicians -- statistics & numerical data Telemedicine -- statistics & numerical data Telemedicine -- trends Diffusion of Innovation Electronic Health Records -- statistics & numerical data United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Prior to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, adoption of telemedicine was slow and its usage was rare. However, during the pandemic, usage of telemedicine increased dramatically with physicians using a number of telemedicine tools to deliver health services, while limiting patients’ exposure to the virus. Wide use of telemedicine may impact various aspects of health care delivery such as quality, cost, and access to care. Thus, a detailed understanding about the usage of telemedicine is vital to develop better policies associated with health care delivery. In this data brief, we document rates of office based physicians’ use of telemedicine, the types of telemedicine tools used, the characteristics of physicians using telemedicine, and physicians’ overall satisfaction with telemedicine. Additionally, we report the percent of physicians who plan to continue using telemedicine beyond the pandemic and usage rates by physicians’ EHR technology.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (16 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918680386406676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918680386406676