Socioeconomic factors associated with use of telehealth services in outpatient care settings during the COVID-19.

Background: To examine potential changes and socioeconomic disparities in utilization of telemedicine in non-urgent outpatient care in Nevada since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional analysis of telemedicine used the first nine months of 2019 and 2020 electronic health record data from regular non-urgent outpatient care in a large healthcare provider in Nevada. The dependent variables were the use of telemedicine among all outpatient visits and using telemedicine more than once among those patients who did use telemedicine.

Virtual Visits for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults Associated with Positive Outcome in a Cox Model.

There is no previous work on the relationship between a virtual visit for viral upper respiratory tract infection and improved outcome, even though there is data on the prevalence and other descriptors. We do not know if a virtual visit is an independent prognostic factor in community-based patients. With the exponential growth of this type of clinical visit, it is important for both clinical and planning considerations to evaluate this question.