Expanding Telehealth Capacity during COVID-19 May Have Long-Term Benefits for Rural Health Centers

Abstract

Evidence suggests that the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could have a disproportionate impact on rural areas; rural populations tend to be older, have more chronic health conditions, and have a weaker healthcare infrastructure than urban places.1 An unintended consequence of the novel coronavirus pandemic may be a rapid scale-up of telehealth in rural areas.2 Expanding telehealth in...