Barriers and facilitators to physicians' telemedicine uptake during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Despite decades of low utilization, telemedicine adoption expanded at an unprecedented rate during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined quantitative and qualitative data provided by a national online sample of 228 practicing physicians (64% were women, and 75% were White) to identify facilitators and barriers to the adoption of telemedicine in the United States (U.S.) at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Logistic regressions were used to predict the most frequently endorsed (20% or more) barriers and facilitators based on participant demographics and practice characteristics. The top five reported barriers were: lack of patient access to technology (77.6%), insufficient insurance reimbursement (53.5%), diminished doctor-patient relationship (46.9%), inadequate video/audio techn

SUBMITTER: Watson JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11977993 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature