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Telehealth for Small Healthcare Practices

Mon., 12. August 2024 | 5 min read

Telehealth allows patients to receive medical services from a healthcare provider through the use of technology. Interestingly, small healthcare practices are 20% less likely to use telehealth than large healthcare practices. This is due to reasons such as a smaller budget, a small number of technical staff, difficulties using telehealth systems, and barriers on the patient’s end. A data brief by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) reported that the largest obstacle to telehealth adoption was on the patient’s end. Patients found it difficult to use the systems and they had limited access to technology. There is a wealth of telehealth systems available and the number continues to increase. This allows system administrators to find the best system to solve these issues for a small healthcare practice.

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