Telemedicine Services Provided to Medicare Beneficiaries by Otolaryngologists Between 2010 and 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Clinicians are increasingly adopting telemedicine in an effort to expand patient access and efficiently deliver care. However, the extent to which otolaryngologists provide telemedicine services is unclear.

Objective

To characterize recent trends in the use of telemedicine by otolaryngologists to deliver care to Medicare beneficiaries.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cross-sectional analysis was conducted between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2018, using publicly available Medicare Physician/Supplier Procedure Summary data on physicians practicing in the field of otolaryngology and benchmark specialties (dermatology and psychiatry) that provided telemedicine services to Medicare beneficiaries.

Main outcomes and measures

Primary

SUBMITTER: Miller LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7378874 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature