{
    "statement": "of office-based US physicians used telemedicine in 2024, down from 86.5% in 2021",
    "value_display": "80.0%",
    "value_numeric": 80,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "2024",
    "data_period_end": "2024-12-31",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "NCHS Health E-Stat 120, National Electronic Health Records Survey",
        "publisher": "CDC National Center for Health Statistics",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.cdc.gov/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/hestat120.htm",
    "source_quote": "Telemedicine use among office-based physicians was lower in 2024 (80.0%) than in 2021 (86.5%)",
    "verification_note": "Read on cdc.gov NCHS Health E-Stat 120 (June 2026) with headless Chrome; table and text agree. Publish day 24 Jun 2026 from the research notes; the page shows \"June 2026\".",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": "95% CI 77.7% to 82.2% (SE 1.1)",
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": {
        "columns": [
            "Group",
            "2021",
            "2024",
            "SE 2024"
        ],
        "rows": [
            [
                "All physicians",
                "86.5%",
                "80.0%",
                "1.1"
            ],
            [
                "Solo practice",
                "76.3%",
                "70.6%",
                "2.9"
            ],
            [
                "2 to 10 physicians",
                "86.8%",
                "78.7%",
                "1.7"
            ],
            [
                "11 or more physicians",
                "96.8%",
                "89.6%",
                "1.6"
            ],
            [
                "Primary care",
                "91.4%",
                "86.2%",
                "1.7"
            ],
            [
                "Surgical",
                "74.8%",
                "60.1%",
                "2.2"
            ],
            [
                "Medical specialty",
                "87.2%",
                "83.2%",
                "2.0"
            ],
            [
                "Non-metro area",
                "83.3%",
                "60.9%",
                "6.1"
            ]
        ]
    },
    "revisions": [
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-10-23",
            "kind": "correction",
            "value_display": null,
            "note": "Wording corrected to match the source: rates are shares of physicians, not of practices"
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-06-24",
            "kind": "new_data",
            "value_display": "80.0%",
            "note": "2024 NEHRS data; 2021 was 86.5%."
        }
    ],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/healthcare/physicians-telemedicine-use",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/healthcare/physicians-telemedicine-use.csv"
}