Mike Bassett from RSNA covered how radiology practices and departments — almost overnight — began to ramp up the use of teleradiology and other virtual technology tools to maintain their workloads from a remote location.
Telehealth in general gained momentum when Medicare suspended restrictions to accessing telehealth, allowing radiology to reach a broader population from home throughout the pandemic.
Before the onset of the pandemic, remote teleradiology services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) had essentially been limited to a 24/7 teleradiology group in the medical center, according to Jules Sumkin, DO, chairman of the Department of Radiology at UPMC.