Telemedicine has witnessed an increased usage during the COVID-19 pandemic but challenges remain for its widespread adoption.
Verdict has conducted a poll to assess the challenges to adoption of telemedicine during the COVID-19 outbreak. Analysis of the results shows that lack of awareness among patients is the biggest challenge to the adoption of telemedicine.
A majority 52% of the respondents considered lack of awareness among patients as the biggest challenge, while 15% felt legal and regulatory environment is a challenge, followed by 12% and 11% respondents who respectively felt the desire to see a physician face-to-face and technology requirements as challenges.
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