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TMT Editorial: The Future of Virtual Health – Near Term Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic

By
Lyle Berkowitz ,
Lyle Berkowitz
Steve Ommen ,
Steve Ommen
John Halamka
John Halamka

Telehealth has received a lot of attention over the past few months as healthcare providers necessarily shifted. This was initiated by the need to decrease virus exposure and PPE usage, and then further enabled by pro-telehealth reimbursement and regulatory changes. What lessons were learned that help us envision what the future might look like over the next 12 months?

References

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Medicare telemedicine health care provider fact sheet. CMS.gov. 2020;
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Telehealth Adoption Tracker. The Chartis Group. 2020;
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Mehrotra A, Chernew M, Linetsky, Hatch H, Cutler D. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Outpatient Visits: A Rebound Emerges. The Commonwealth Fund. 2020;
4.
Leventhal R. McKinsey Analysis: Up to $250B of Healthcare Could Be Virtualized: Researchers note that the shift is not inevitable, however, and the window for providers to act is now. Healthcare Innovation. 2020;

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