![Stanley Gitau Mukundi, a physician assistant at Michigan Medicine, conducts a telehealth visit with a patient. Photo from Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan](/findings/spring-2021/images/TelehealthAppointment.jpg)
Pandemic Telehealth: Vital Virtual Care from Behavioral Health Providers
Telehealth involves providing services via remote technologies. Historically, behavioral health providers were relatively slow to adopt telehealth tools because of regulatory barriers. But the COVID-19 pandemic has changed that.