Telehealth only partially offset decreased primary care visits during pandemic: Study

Decreases in primary care visit volume were partially offset by increasing telehealth use for all patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in Annals of Family Medicine. Zachary J. Morgan, from the American Board of Family Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky, and colleagues quantified the nationwide decrease in primary care visits and increase in telehealth utilization during the pandemic and explored whether certain groups of patients were disproportionately affected. The analysis included 1.65 million patients (8.83 million visits) seen at 408 practices. The researchers found that during the pandemic, there were decreases of 7% in total volume and Read More