TELEHEALTH SERVICES

Telehealth services which are patient facing via virtual visits or via phone had started prior to the COVID pandemic with significant upscaling during the pandemic as a viable means of delivery of healthcare during a pandemic with removal of restrictive regulations by state and federal governments. Even though the pandemic has been officially declared over, use of telehealth services continue to play a vital role in equitable delivery of healthcare services. In addition, during the pandemic telehealth services has expanded in clinical practice beyond patient facing to portal messaging which is patient interactive to provider to provider consultations, use of eConsult services which are asynchronous or synchronous and remote patient monitoring technologies.