For the report, KLAS Research and CHIME surveyed C-suite executives and managers from 104 hospitals and clinics with established telehealth programs about patient and provider experiences. The telehealth programs took a range of forms, including telespecialty consultations, scheduled patient-focused visits and on-demand consumer-focused visits.
Here are the top factors respondents said limit their ability to expand telehealth programs.
1. Reimbursement: 59 percent
2. Cost/resources: 34 percent
3. Patient/provider awareness/education: 25 percent
4. Licensing/regulation: 20 percent
5. High-speed internet access: 6 percent
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U of Arizona receives $975k HRSA grant for rural telehealth
U of Mississippi Medical Center named ‘telehealth center of excellence’
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