Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections in Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Visits

Abstract

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) telemedicine companies provide consumers with around-the-clock access to care for common nonemergent conditions through telephone and live video visits via personal computers and mobile phone apps. Approximately 1 million DTC telemedicine visits between patients and physicians serving these companies, without an established relationship, were delivered in 2014.¹