The global COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the vulnerability of healthcare delivery to patients worldwide and challenged healthcare providers—not only in treating patients with coronavirus but also in trying to maintain optimal care for non-COVID patients at the same time.

The COVID-19 Outpatient Pulse Oximetry Protocol (CO-POP), which is led and co-designed by medical students, allowed for structured outpatient pulse oximetry monitoring of COVID-19 patients who are at risk for clinical decompensation without adding workload to the already limited healthcare workforce resources.

Video telehealth has played a crucial role in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As VA providers transitioned to providing remote care for their patients, VA experienced exponential growth in telemedicine — particularly in the use of synchronous video telehealth care, known at VA as Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT).

Telemedicine can be used to improve access to mental healthcare and mental health specialists, this article discusses this.

Telehealth is the distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies. Telemedicine has seen increased interest in recent years, particularly with the centralization of specialized care in high-volume centers and the increased prevalence of smart devices.

Telemedicine has developed as an innovative way to remotely view and treat patients without necessitating for patients to physically come into a physicians’ office or healthcare facility. This article looks at insights into the effectiveness of integrating telemedicine in medical facilities, where patients have high hierarchical condition category (HCC) risk scores.