Telehealth use among publicly funded family planning clinics in the United States: Results from a national survey.

Contraception Pub Date : 2025-06-26 DOI:10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111003

Madeleine Haas, Priscille Osias, Jennifer Mueller, Alicia VandeVusse

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Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the scope of telehealth contraceptive services at publicly supported family planning clinics.

Study design: We surveyed a sample of 446 publicly supported family planning clinics in the United States.

Results: Most clinics offer some services via telehealth, but provision varies widely by clinic type, with Planned Parenthood clinics offering telehealth most frequently, and by service, with certain contraceptive services, sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing and treatment, and medication abortion less frequently available than messaging services.

Conclusions: Health departments and federally qualified health centers may need more support and infrastructure to implement telehealth for contraceptive care.

Implications: Many publicly supported family planning clinics in the United States offer telehealth for contraceptive care, but clinics vary in the types of services available via telehealth. Clinics and patients who want or need to use telehealth for contraceptive care may need more supportive infrastructure to do so.

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美国公共资助的计划生育诊所中远程医疗的使用：一项全国性调查的结果。

目的：调查公共计划生育诊所远程保健避孕服务的范围。研究设计：我们调查了美国446家公众支持的计划生育诊所的样本。结果：大多数诊所通过远程保健提供一些服务，但提供的服务因诊所类型而异，计划生育诊所提供远程保健的频率最高，按服务而言，某些避孕服务、性传播感染检测和治疗以及药物流产的频率低于信息服务。结论：卫生部门和联邦合格的卫生中心可能需要更多的支持和基础设施来实施远程避孕保健。启示：在美国，许多公共支持的计划生育诊所为避孕护理提供远程医疗服务，但诊所通过远程医疗提供的服务类型各不相同。希望或需要使用远程保健进行避孕护理的诊所和患者可能需要更多的支持性基础设施。

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