mHealth Intelligence (12/7, Melchionna) reports “America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) described survey results indicating that Americans value the convenience associated with telehealth, with 69 percent saying they prefer it over in-person care for this reason.” Among the “survey respondents who were commercially insured, 40 percent claimed to have used telehealth within a year prior, and 53 percent claimed to have used it between two and five times within a year prior.” Roughly “69 percent of commercially insured telehealth users said they used telehealth due to the associated high level of convenience compared to in-person care, 78 percent stated that telehealth made the process of seeking out healthcare easier, and 85 percent said there is an adequate number of [healthcare professionals] available via telehealth for their subjective needs.”
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— “Majority of Americans Value the Convenience Associated with Telehealth ” Mark Melchionna, mHealth Intelligence, December , 2022