Telehealth’s Virus Boom Prompts Task Force to Guide Its Future

Telehealth’s popularity during the virus outbreak prompted a team of health-care leaders to band together to brainstorm recommendations to ensure the virtual services remain safe and beneficial for patients.

The Taskforce on Telehealth Policy includes health plans, health-care providers, consumer advocates, and health quality experts from the public and private sector, the group said Thursday.

After languishing for years, telehealth exploded as patients turned to electronic visits with health-care providers to avoid infection during the Covid-19 pandemic. There is widespread agreement that telehealth, which traditionally cost significantly less than in-person visits, is here to stay. Policy changes have been made ...