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July 22 (UPI) -- The number of patients using computers to receive healthcare from doctors has skyrocketed in the last few years, new research shows.

In only four years, insurance claims for non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telehealth have shot up by nearly 1,400 percent, according to a white paper published this month by FAIR Health.

For the study, the researched pulled numbers from FAIR Health's database for more than 29 billion private healthcare claims between 2014 and 2018. They found all telehealth claim lines -- which also include provider-to-patient-discharge, physician-to-patient-emergency department /inpatient and provider-to-provider -- increased by 624 percent.

Past research has shown about 90 percent of patients would prefer telehealth visits to traveling to see a doctor in-person.

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2019/07/22/Telemedicine-use-up-1400-percent-since-2014/9771563807244/