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rate telehealth visits favorably; participants self-selected into telehealth visits, which may have contributed to overly favorable results.

A 2016 cross-sectional study surveyed adults (N=1,734) presenting to 11 immediate care clinics in 2014 to evaluate their satisfaction after an urgent care video telehealth visit.³ Participants were included if they had symptoms suitable for telehealth algorithms (pharyngitis, sinusitis, otitis media, otitis extea, upper respiratory infections, bronchitis, allergic rhinitis, influenza, conjunctivitis, or urinary tract infections), no previous exposure to telehealth, and agreed to a video telehealth visit with an offsite nurse practitioner or physician assistant when the onsite provider was busy. Of the participants, most (70%) were female; several (41%) had no primary care physician. Primary outcomes included whether patients preferred telehealth visits compared to 

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