Patient satisfaction with telehealth vs in-person hand therapy: A retrospective review of results of an online satisfaction survey

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented time for many industries, including healthcare. Public health and government officials instituted several measures, such as calls for social distancing and stay-at-home mandates, to address the urgent need to mitigate the disease's impact on society. A state of emergency was declared on March 7, 2020 in New York state per executive order 202.1 In order to increase the amount of available hospital beds, New York state healthcare institutions were required to cancel all elective surgeries indefinitely and restrict in-person care to only the most critical of patients.
Source: Journal of Hand Therapy - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Source Type: research