The insurance response has been developing in recent years to support a wide range of health and tech providers operating in the telehealth space. (Photo: Miriam Doerr Martin Frommherz/Shutterstock) The insurance response has been developing in recent years to support a wide range of health and tech providers operating in the telehealth space. (Photo: Miriam Doerr Martin Frommherz/Shutterstock)

Health care providers' and patients' level of comfort with telehealth services as a supplement to more traditional forms of health care has been increasing for several years in the United States. Three months into the global coronavirus crisis and there are substantial signs that the role of telehealth in the urgent response to the pandemic could accelerate take-up and mainstream acceptance of such services in the U.S. over the long term.

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