Telehealth Use by Home Health Agencies Before, During, and After COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine telehealth adoption and discontinuation by home health agencies (HHAs) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of telehealth pre-pandemic diffusion into the industry and its continued use once the pandemic abated.

Study setting and design

HHAs nationally, serving the most patients with dementia (averaging 33% of the agency's patients) were surveyed during October 2023 to November 2024. Key variables included the agency's adoption and discontinuation of specific telehealth technologies by year, the reasons for discontinuation, and the reasons for not adopting any telehealth technology, either before or during the pandemic.

Data sources and analytic sample

Data were collected via a web-based survey with telephone follow-ups. We received 791 resp

SUBMITTER: Mukamel DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12461112 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature