In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a quick and widespread adoption of different telemedicine platforms across the healthcare industry. The social-distancing and infection safety mandates associated with the virus finally did what no amount of stakeholder championship, congressional research committees or technological advances had previously been able to do: COVID-19 removed the long-term obstacles barring extended use so that provider organizations could quickly deploy telehealth applications to address healthcare during a massive public health emergency.
The Future of Telehealth: Balancing Security and Ease of Use
