Healthcare organizations are being asked to widen access, protect increasingly thin margins, and keep clinicians from burning out. Telehealth is one of the most effective levers on all three, and it’s no longer a pandemic stopgap: 71.4 percent of physicians now use it weekly, nearly triple the pre-pandemic rate, and 72 percent of hospitals offer at least one telemedicine service (AMA, 2024). Adoption varies widely by specialty, from 68 percent of psychiatrists conducting more than a fifth of visits virtually to under 5 percent for surgical specialties, and behavioral health accounts for roughl