Telehealth provider MeMD has teamed up with the Healthy Transportation Foundation, a national not-for-profit that supports the health and well-being of truck drivers, in order to provide these employees with on-demand virtual healthcare.
The use of telemedicine has surged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last week of March 2020 alone, there was a 154% increase in telehealth visits compared with the same period in 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seventy-two percent of employers offer a telemedicine benefit, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.
