COVID-19 telehealth expansion can help solve the health care underutilization challenge

Chip A Bowman; Mohamed Nuh; Arshad Rahim

doi:10.37765/ajmc.2021.88571

COVID-19 telehealth expansion can help solve the health care underutilization challenge

Am J Manag Care. 2021 Jan;27(1):9-11. doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2021.88571.

Authors

Chip A Bowman¹, Mohamed Nuh, Arshad Rahim

Affiliation

¹ Icahn Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 Gustave L. Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029. Email: chipbowman@gmail.com.

PMID: 33471456
DOI: 10.37765/ajmc.2021.88571

Abstract

The telehealth policy changes enacted for short-term control of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic present an opportunity to address the fundamental gap in health care underutilization.

MeSH terms

Attitude of Health Personnel
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / therapy
Humans
Managed Care Programs / organization & administration
Physicians, Primary Care / statistics & numerical data
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Primary Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Referral and Consultation / statistics & numerical data
Telemedicine / statistics & numerical data*