id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-302513-u9n56pnb Breitinger, Scott Key Opportunities for the COVID-19 Response to Create a Path to Sustainable Telemedicine Services 2020-10-01 .txt text/plain 1270 77 46 During the COVID-19 era, telemedicine has been an essential method to ensure the continuation of health care services while allowing for social distancing and reducing rates of COVID-19 transmission. With the increased exposure and comfort with virtual health care amongst patients and providers, the demand for expanded access to telehealth services is not likely to wane once the pandemic has passed. 8 Loosening restrictions on telehealth reimbursement under COVID-19 emergency orders has resulted in a dramatic expansion of virtual care, which has allowed for providing crucial medical services to vulnerable patient populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. • Federal legislation could be used to redefine the "place of service." Instead of the site of the patient arbitrarily defined as the virtual place of service, the site of the clinician redefined as the site of care delivery would alleviate the need for providers to have multiple state licenses to practice telemedicine. The expansion of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed many providers and patients to experience better access to effective care. ./cache/cord-302513-u9n56pnb.txt ./txt/cord-302513-u9n56pnb.txt