Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS

"I say with a lot of confidence, just continue using telehealth as you are," says Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS.

“These types of technologies can really make office urology much more efficient, which I think is very, very promising and one of the most promising areas in artificial intelligence,” says Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS.

Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS, details specific concerns surrounding the future of telehealth as Congress weighs the decision to extend flexibilities.

"I think that there's been a lot of positive momentum to continue coverage for telehealth without geographic restrictions, to continue coverage for phone calls, but there's still some uncertainty as to whether or not that's going to be passed, even though there is a lot of optimism for it," says Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS.

"Given that most urologic outpatient visits are non-urgent, almost all in-person visits should be eliminated out of appropriate concern for COVID-19," advise Drs. Gadzinski, Ellimoottil, Odisho, Watts, and Gore.

Among the many areas of telemedicine, a key opportunity exists for urologists in video visits, or “direct-to-consumer” telemedicine.