The COVID-19 pandemic amplified interest in Hospital at Home by creating an urgent need for flexible hospital bed capacity and heightening concerns about hospital care safety.

Telehealth has emerged as a powerful resource for healthcare providers and hospitals during the pandemic. This article, published in The Hospitalist, offers a summary of government regulations that enabled telehealth expansion and provides an overview of how two health care organizations, Providence St. Joseph Health and Sound Physicians, are employing telehealth services to combat the COVID-19 health care crisis.