title: Provider utilization of telemedicine: the elephant in the room.
abstract: This paper addresses the challenge of provider underutilization of telehealth which continues to surface as an ongoing problem. In addition, this essay offers a list of ideas to serve as a starting point from which to address this key issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Telecommunications, Information Studies, and Media, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1212, USA. pwhitten@msu.edu
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Whitten
authors.forename: Bree
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Holtz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D008007:Licensure, Medical; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*