Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brook Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast · Jul 20, 2023 · 50m

There's a saying, "never let a crisis go to waste." The pandemic was horrific in many ways. One positive change that came about was the lifting of restrictions around the use of telemedicine. Clinicians could care for patients across state lines, could prescribe opioids without in person visits, could bill at higher rates for telemedicine than previous to the pandemic. Many patients benefited, not only those isolating due to covid, but also patients in rural areas, patients who are homebound, and many others. So now that the emergency response has ended, what's to be done?

In this podcast…