Until the COVID-19 public health emergency, the slow-moving gears of the health system have left much potential for telehealth untapped. "Telemedicine," or the practice of medicine to provide care to a distant site using technology - as well as the broader category of using technology to provide a range of services and care at a distance, known as "telehealth"- have faced a number of obstacles to widespread adoption.

On March 27, 2020, the "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act(Links to an external site.)" (CARES Act) was passed. The law, among other things, gave the Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary the authority to waive certain restrictions on telehealth during a declared public health emergency.

Choose a waiver and describe the "normal" (prior to the pandemic), as well as 1) the temporary landscape during the pandemic and 2) insights as to what the post-pandemic landscape might look like as it relates to Telemedicine.