Is telehealth here to stay?

Accessibility for patients is benefit
Now that mask mandates and social distancing are a thing of the past, most medical care has gone back to being primarily in-person. This is not the case, however, for mental health care.
Telehealth usage has dropped from its peak in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, but remains well above pre-COVID levels. Telehealth appointments made up about one percent of all visits in the last three quarters of 2019, according to data from Epic Research.
By March of 2020, mental health and substance use disorder care providers saw telehealth usage increase to nearly 60 percent of all visits. Today, more than a third of mental health care is delivered by video or phone.
While the transition to a telehealth model wa...