Telemedicine visits comparable to in-person visits for addressing most patient clinical concern areas in primary care

A study of more than 1 million adults has found that in primary care, telemedicine visits were comparable to in-person visits for addressing most patient clinical concern areas. Telemedicine visits resulted in lower treatment rates and higher rates of follow-up health care use compared with in-person office visits, but these differences were small and varied by clinical condition. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.