Effective strategies for sustaining and optimizing telehealth in primary care

Effective strategies for sustaining and optimizing telehealth in primary care

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Carder, Danielle, author
Furrow-White, Courtney, author
Contributor(s):
Association of American Medical Colleges, issuing body.
Vizient, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : Association of American Medical Colleges ; Irving, Texas : Vizient, March 2023
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Primary Health Care
Telemedicine
Diffusion of Innovation
Patient-Centered Care
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The start of the COVID-19 pandemic caused telehealth levels to surge across ambulatory care as both providers and patients pivoted to find safe access to health care and reduce spreading COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic, providers conducted telehealth services at extremely low levels--less than 1% of ambulatory visits across AAMC-Vizient Clinical Practice Solutions Center (CPSC) organizations. At the height of COVID-19, telehealth visits in primary care surged to 67% across CPSC organizations. This dramatic shift in care delivery was made possible by significant regulatory changes, as well as significant changes in provider and patient openness to telehealth. Telehealth use varies significantly by specialty, with certain conditions and levels of acuity more appropriate for telehealth. Vizient and the AAMC partnered to study telehealth sustainability in primary care, including general internal medicine, family medicine, and geriatrics. Primary care serves a diverse and complex patient population, and telehealth has proven to be a fundamental tool for health systems and providers to meet the access challenges of delivering care to their patients.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (28 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918663783406676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918663783406676