Telemedicine for the hospitalist: Expanding telemedicine beyond outpatient and subspecialty use

Abstract

Telemedicine for the hospitalist: Expanding telemedicine beyond outpatient and subspecialty useThe COVID pandemic overwhelmed many aspects of our healthcare infrastructure from an inability to deliver outpatient, inpatient, or surgical care to staffing shortages, or disruption in supply chains causing the inadequate supply of equipment. Times of crisis tend to propel innovation, welcome telemedicine. For years, telemedicine has increasingly been applied in the outpatient and subspecialty setting. Recent disruptions have spurred increasing inpatient utilization. It forces the question, is a new way better? In this issue of JHM, the review by Gutierez et al. 1 provides a systematic review of applications of telehealth services by hospitalists. It suggests that telehealth expands