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Video Telemedicine Experiences In COVID-19 Were Positive, But Physicians and Patients Prefer In-Person Care for The Future

This newly published research article helps inform policy discussions about postpandemic telemedicine reimbursement and regulations and conducted surveys among primary care physicians and patients. Although majorities of both populations reported satisfaction with video visits during the pandemic, 80 percent of physicians would prefer to provide only a small share of care or no care via telemedicine in the future, and only 36 percent of patients would prefer to seek care by video or phone. Although improvements to home-based diagnostic tools could improve both the quality of and the desire to use telemedicine, virtual primary care will likely be limited in the immediate future. Read the full article in Health Affairs here.