Dr. Treah Haggerty, Dr. Shaylee A. Peckens, Dr. Erika Bodkins, Dr. Cara L. Sedney, Heather M. Stephens, Michael Cary and Geri A. Dino recently published an article in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine titled "Telemedicine Versus In-Person Primary Care: Impact on Visit Completion Rate in a Rural Appalachian Population."
The team of researchers studied more than 100,000 patient visits at a primary care clinic in West Virginia between January 2019 and November 2020. The sample included 13,013 telemedicine visits to compare patient use and completion rates with in-person visits.