HHS will award approximately $19.2 million to support “telehealth innovation and quality nationwide,” the agency said in a press release.
Data indicate that the use of telehealth by health care professionals and patients significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, its uptake has been uneven throughout the country.
An analysis published in MMWR involving 245 health centers throughout the country indicated that those in the South and in rural areas consistently reported the lowest average percentage of weekly telehealth visits compared with other regions between