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With telemedicine, patients are able to seek services from providers in larger communities without having to coordinate travel plans or using the distance as a valid excuse to not seek treatment or care. The benefits of telehealth continues to grow, according to the WHO.
“Some specialties, such as mental health, may find stronger footing via virtual visits. “Happy clinicians are the best ambassadors for virtual care,” the report asserted. “Regulators, for their part, have tried to smooth the way for a pivot to virtual during the publichealth emergency.
To meet this surge in demand, Cleveland Clinic leveraged both its providers who were already active on the platform, and also trained more than 350 primarycare providers — many of whom were temporarily redeployed due to the virus — on telehealth. ?During Indiana University Health. Centurion Health. Centurion Health ?works
But a chronic provider shortage, long wait times, high out-of-pocket costs and extremely narrow networks are major barriers for people in need of care – even when they have robust benefits plans. Teletherapy and telepsychiatry have already begun filling the gaps in care. Primarycare is another area threatened by provider shortages.
Virtual care can’t replace in-person care, of course, and some patients and doctors will prefer face-to-face visits. The middle- to long-term result is likely to be that telehealth thrives for some specialties like psychiatry, but drops substantially from the highest levels during shutdowns throughout the country.
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