Who and How: Telemedicine Eligibility and Participant Guidelines in the Ambulatory Setting

Introduction: Telehealth use has dramatically increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet there are significant gaps in evidence regarding clinical appropriateness of synchronous visits for ambulatory telemedicine that under umbrella telehealth and defined as video appointments between patients providers. As a result, few sensible guidelines day-to-day practice, resulting lack standardization risk suboptimal care.