51% of US Homes Used Telehealth Services in 2019, Says NTIA

Fifty-one percent of American households used the internet for telehealth in 2019, NTIA reported Monday. Families with annual incomes exceeding $100,000 were more likely to use the internet to access health records or communicate with health professionals. The percentage of households in urban areas doing so increased by 4 points from 2017 to 2019, while rose in rural areas grew by 6 points. Despite still lagging behind white households, use of telehealth services by Hispanic and Native American households grew the most.