QuickStats: Percentage of Office-Based Physicians Using Telemedicine Technology, by Specialty — United States, 2019 and 2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Percentage of Office-Based Physicians Using Telemedicine Technology, by Specialty — United States, 2019 and 2021
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Myrick, Kelly L. ; McNeal, Malikah ; DeFrances, Carol
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  From 2019 to 2021, the use of telemedicine technology increased for office-based physicians from 15.4% to 85.9%. In both 2019 and 2021, the use of telemedicine technology was higher among primary care physicians and medical specialty physicians than it was among surgical specialty physicians. In 2021, 91.4% of primary care physicians, 87.2% of medical specialty physicians, and 74.8% of surgical specialty physicians used telemedicine technology.
  
  Sources: National Center for Health Statistics, National Electronic Health Records Surveys, 2019 and 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nehrs/
  
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  Reported by: Kelly L. Myrick, PhD; Malikah McNeal, MPH; Carol DeFrances, PhD.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Epidemiology Public Health Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 71(49):1565
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  71
• Issue:
  49
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d36ced8ce92bf9573dacd085c2d25a90b99ed827d843047bb604377d54cd6d687143d027c254e988e0955f425555ff2798b8cfc43035cbf51e3e6b7d6aa05ecf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123169/cdc_123169_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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