advantages. Results did not vary based on surgical versus non-surgical specialties. Across all respondents, the highest-ranked barriers to telemedicine included limitations to patient assessments/physical exams, technological barriers to access, and concerns about reimbursement. Dermatologists were significantly more likely to rate limitations to physical exams as the largest barrier. Among non-adopters, technological barriers and insufficient training were noted as challenges to telemedicine adoption. Telemedicine has had significant implications for patient care after its wide adoption after the COVID-19 pandemic.6-8 Our study suggests that physicians who started using telemedicine before versus after the pandemic varied based on the US region, with the South and West leading in its use before the pandemic began. This suggests that there may have been utility in telemedicine use in rural areas of the country with broadband access but a larger physical distance from clinic sites. Furthermore, the length of practice was associated with significant differences
