Open AccessPandemic Action Plan Policy and Regulatory Summary Telehealth Policy and Regulatory Considerations During a Pandemic
Author(s) -
Mark VanderWerf,
Jordana Bernard,
Doris T. Barta,
Jordan Berg,
Tim Collins,
Mike Dowdy,
Kenneth Feiler,
Douglas L. Moore,
Costi D. Sifri,
Garret Spargo,
Carl Taylor,
Cara Towle,
Kathy Hsu Wibberly
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
telemedicine and e-health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1556-3669
pISSN - 1530-5627
DOI - 10.1089/tmj.2021.0216
Subject(s) - telehealth , pandemic , business , action plan , work (physics) , covid-19 , health care , health plan , quality (philosophy) , telemedicine , public relations , medicine , political science , economic growth , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , disease , management , pathology , epistemology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , philosophy
Reports, studies, and surveys have demonstrated telehealth provides opportunities to make health care more efficient, better coordinated, convenient, and affordable. Telehealth can also help address health income and access disparities in underserved communities by removing location and transportation barriers, unproductive time away from work, childcare expenses, and so on. Despite evidence showing high-quality outcomes, satisfaction, and success rates (e.g., 95% patient satisfaction rate and 84% success rate in which patients were able to completely resolve their medical concerns during a telehealth visit), nationwide adoption of telehealth has been quite low due to policy and regulatory barriers, constraints, and complexities.