Specialty-level Factors Historically Influencing Telehealth Use Can Provide Implications for Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic Era: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Abstract:Background: Recent studies in the US have found wide variation in telehealth use across medical specialties (e.g., 6.1% in Allergy-Immunology vs. 24.1% in Cardiology). This is a problem-of-interest, because the US lacks a standardized set of telehealth reimbursement policies, which in turn has hindered telehealth use across all specialties. Despite these policy-level constraints experienced by all specialties, some have normalized telehealth use to mainstream practice, while others are just getting started dur… Show more
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