A study published this past week in JAMA Network Open found that while the vast majority of physicians in a large regional healthcare system had transitioned to include virtual care in their practice by December 2020, some were more likely to be early adopters than others, Mobi Health News reports.
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital retrospectively analyzed data from all 3,473 physicians providing ambulatory care through Mass General Brigham, which includes 12 hospitals.
“Some physicians may have been nimbler than others in making the transition [to telehealth], potentially influencing patients’ experience of physician access and availability,” wrote the research team.
Innovators and early adopters were also more often female, while physicians in surgical specialties and those born between 1928 and 1945 (also known as the Silent Generation) were less likely to be early adopters. Read more.
