A Turning Point for Telehealth: COVID-19 Spurs Rapid Uptake of Connected Care.

Could COVID-19 provide the push telehealth needs to finally gain widespread acceptance? Although many in healthcare saw it coming, no one predicted it would happen this fast. Telehealth services, in step with the coronavirus, started out at a slow crawl in early March. Soon, telehealth would begin hitting its stride-and would reach a full sprint no more than a month or two later. © Copyright AAMI 2020. Single user license only. Copying, networking, and distribution prohibited.