Bulletin | Telehealth Adoption in Kentucky Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bulletin | Telehealth Adoption in Kentucky Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Telehealth is a term that covers a wide range of technologies used to deliver health care at a distance. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services(DHHS) defines Telehealth as “the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support and promote long distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration.” In spite of evidence that Telehealth could help hospitals improve health care access and delivery, by 2019 Telehealth adoption was growing at a modest rate due to patient- and provider- related barriers...
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