Summary:

«Even before the pandemic made telehealth a hot topic, people with minor urgent health needs had started to turn to companies that offer on-demand video chats with physicians that they don’t normally see.

Insurers and employers even started buying access to this direct-to-consumer form of virtual care, hoping it might reduce in-person care, including emergency department visits.

But a new University of Michigan study casts some doubt on whether that will actually happen.»

Article written by MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

05|04|2021

Source:

EurekAlert!

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/mm-u-vc040521.php