Athena Health Telehealth Adoption Report
Center for Connected Health Policy
May 2021
How providers are taking advantage of virtual care and their perceived benefits
Athena Health began conducting research in 2020 on de-identified data from across their healthcare network (which spans the nation) to understand how providers are feeling about the increased adoption of telehealth. With the onset of COVID-19, the use of telehealth has skyrocketed, and beyond understanding the increased utilization numbers, it’s also important to understand provider adoption rates, their attitudes toward telehealth, which specialties and what services telehealth is being used in the most. An interactive infographic tool on their website can be utilized to identify the amount of care across their system that has gone virtual by specialty (primary care, mental health, cardiology, pediatrics, OB/GYN or all specialties). Users can also view by specialty how providers are taking advantage of virtual care and their perceived benefits (for example, virtual appointments are more convenient), and the reasons why providers are turning to telehealth to keep their practices running. For a complete breakdown of their findings, visit Athena Health’s interactive webpage: https://www.athenahealth.com/knowledge-hub/clinical-trends/the-athenahealth-telehealth-insights-dashboard.