Primary, Specialty Care Physicians Favor Telehealth More Than Surgeons
- More than two-thirds of primary care physicians and medical specialists said they were able to provide similar quality of care via telehealth and in person, making them more likely to be satisfied with telehealth technology than surgical specialists, new federal data shows. Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)...
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