University of Michigan: Telehealth Visits Have Skyrocketed for Older Adults But Concerns, Barriers Remain
August 17, 2020
August 17, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 17 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
One in four older Americans had a virtual medical visit in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of them by video, a new telehealth poll finds.
That's much higher than the 4% of people over 50 who said they had ever had a virtual visit with a doctor in a similar poll taken in 2019.
Comfort levels with telehealth, also called telemedicine, have . . .
One in four older Americans had a virtual medical visit in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of them by video, a new telehealth poll finds.
That's much higher than the 4% of people over 50 who said they had ever had a virtual visit with a doctor in a similar poll taken in 2019.
Comfort levels with telehealth, also called telemedicine, have . . .