Telehealth Visits Unlikely to Require In-Person Follow-Up Within 90 Days
For most specialties, telehealth visits are not duplicative of in-person visits and can be used as an alternative or even replacement for in-person visits.
Yale New Haven Health System prompts clinicians to begin medication for opioid use disorder in the emergency department. Patients prescribed buprenorphine in the ED were 39% more likely to be engaged in treatment two months after their visit.
For most specialties, telehealth visits are not duplicative of in-person visits and can be used as an alternative or even replacement for in-person visits.