Addressing evolving patient concerns around telehealth in the COVID-19 era

Minakshi Raj; Matthew J DePuccio; Amber L Stephenson; Erin Sullivan; Alden Yuanhong Lai; Bram Fleuren; Abi Sriharan; Ann Scheck McAlearney; Samuel C Thomas

doi:10.37765/ajmc.2021.88576

Addressing evolving patient concerns around telehealth in the COVID-19 era

Am J Manag Care. 2021 Jan 1;27(1):e1-e3. doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2021.88576.

Authors

Minakshi Raj¹, Matthew J DePuccio, Amber L Stephenson, Erin Sullivan, Alden Yuanhong Lai, Bram Fleuren, Abi Sriharan, Ann Scheck McAlearney, Samuel C Thomas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1206 S Fourth St, Champaign, IL 61820. Email: mraj@illinois.edu.

PMID: 33471461
DOI: 10.37765/ajmc.2021.88576

Abstract

With a rapid shift to telehealth during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, clinicians, health care organizations, and policy makers must consider and address patients' evolving needs, concerns, and expectations.

MeSH terms

Attitude to Health
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / therapy*
Health Services Needs and Demand / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
Physician-Patient Relations
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Telemedicine / statistics & numerical data*
United States