The Rise of Telehealth: Is it Here to Stay?
Telehealth was an immediate solution to the Covid-19 pandemic and quickly changed how we access and experience healthcare. During the peak of the pandemic, the UK health secretary Matt Hancock declared that all GPs should see patients remotely by default, which saw an increase in virtual appointments from 25% to 71%. The government’s stay-at-home orders, the requirements to reduce face to face contact, and the fear of Coronavirus brought a whole new reality of virtual appointments, diagnosis,…