JAMA Network Open: Association of Health Literacy and Area Deprivation With Initiation and Completion of Telehealth Visits in Adult Medicine Clinics Across a Large Health Care System

Health Affairs: Impact Of The New Jersey COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Reciprocity Licensure Program On Health Care Workforce Supply

During the pandemic, New Jersey’s COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Reciprocity Licensure Program provided temporary licenses to more than 31,000 out-of-state health care practitioners. A survey found that practitioners who used this temporary license originated from every state in the US, provided both COVID- and non-COVID-related care, served a combination of new and existing patients, conversed with patients in at least 36 languages, and primarily used telehealth. Findings suggest that such temporary licensure of out-of-state practitioners, along with telehealth waivers, may be a valuable solution to mitigating health care workforce shortages during public health emergencies.