Telemedicine has become a permanent part of healthcare after COVID, though gaps in age, race, and digital access still shape who uses it.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health specialists started using telemedicine much more frequently. Despite many benefits, a new study finds that virtual visits did not make it easier for ...

But simply offering telemedicine will not address the barriers that many rural patients face in obtaining mental health care, ...

Digital access and care continuity correlated strongly with telemedicine uptake, including patient portal use (OR 1.44) and returning-visit status, while new-patient encounters were markedly less ...

Telemedicine remains popular following its surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, but some disparities in use exist ...

Telemedicine for certain conditions may be cheaper and lead to fewer short-term follow-up visits, reducing the overall cost of care burden.

We know that telemedicine is not one-size-fits-all, particularly for mental and behavioral health, where thoughtful triage, follow-up and continuity of care remain important, s ...

Greater telemedicine uptake among mental health specialists is associated with only small increases in the share of visits to patients in rural, low-access-to-care, or distant communities, according ...

2020 and 2021 saw the mainstreaming of telehealth and the rise of remote patient monitoring. These changes to the healthcare landscape were helped partly by requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic and ...

A new study examining hundreds of thousands of teleconsultations reveals an unexpected trend about doctor–patient gender ...

Telemedicine visits are five times less costly than in-person appointments for the most common conditions able to be treated ...