More than a decade ago, virtual health was celebrated as a game changer in the healthcare industry. But while the technology made virtual health possible, providers, payers, and consumers have been slower to adopt than was anticipated. As discussed in ‘Telehealth: A quarter-trillion-dollar post-COVID-19 reality,’ COVID-19 has pushed providers, patients, and payers over the tipping point into widespread adoption beyond traditional applications. During the pandemic, adult primary care and behavioral health showed smaller declines in total visits than surgical/procedural specialties. These smaller declines may reflect the fact that more primary care and behavioral health visits can be accomplished by evaluation and management only than those in the surgical specialties. These differences in specialties suggest an opportunity to continue to open the aperture to other virtual health technologies, such as remote monitoring, which could allow both primary care and specialty care practices to expand their virtual patient interactions.
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