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Leading practices for the future of telemedicine: Implementing telemedicine post-pandemic

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  • Rishub Keelara
  • Eric Sutherland
  • Margarita Almyranti

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Telemedicine has transformed how healthcare is delivered, emerging from a pandemic necessity to a cornerstone of modern health systems. This fast-track report explores how OECD countries have embedded telemedicine into everyday care and the implications on equitable access, sustainable funding, and data-driven decision-making. Through in-depth discussions with experts and analysis of telemedicine practices across OECD countries, this paper identifies leading practices across data collection, innovative financing models, inclusive governance, and integration into care models. The post-pandemic use of telemedicine introduces challenging policy questions on its impact, equity, and financial sustainability. OECD countries varied in their ability to meet leading practices, but the best performers had dynamic telemedicine implementation with granular data, continuous evaluation, embedded stakeholder engagement, and models to scale innovative telemedicine care models. Adhering to the identified leading practices ensures that in the post-pandemic era, telemedicine is implemented equitably and sustainably to support resilient health systems.

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  • Rishub Keelara & Eric Sutherland & Margarita Almyranti, 2025. "Leading practices for the future of telemedicine: Implementing telemedicine post-pandemic," OECD Health Working Papers 173, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:elsaad:173-en
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    Keywords

    access equity; COVID-19; data-driven healthcare; digital health; governance; health systems; healthcare innovation; policy; resilience; telemedicine; virtual care;
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    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy

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