Telehealth in the Age of Coronavirus

Wound care specialists and clinics have seen huge drop-offs in the number of patients that they are able to treat as COVID-19 spreads across the country. Patients are cancelling at-home appointments and are declining to visit clinics. Nursing homes around the country are banning visitors, including wound care specialists, in an attempt to stave off infection and protect vulnerable patients. Medicare estimates the cost of acute and chronic wound care treatments may range from $28.1 billion to $96.8 billion each year.