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US Digital Health

US health care is short-staffed and digitising: health care and social assistance had 1,359 thousand job openings in August 2026 (BLS), and 37.0% of adults used telemedicine in 2021 (CDC). Outpatient physicians spend 44.9% of work time entering data into EHRs.

20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.

MetricValueGeoPeriodTierSource
Monthly job openings, health care and social assistance, US1359thousandUS2026-08T1bls.gov
ACA marketplace out-of-pocket maximum, individual, US10600USD/yearUS2026T1medcitynews.com
Home health aides employed in US nursing and residential care facilities694730peopleUS2025T1bls.gov
Labor productivity growth minus average hourly earnings growth, US ambulatory health care1.963360percentage pointsUS2024T1bls.gov
Hims & Hers CAC payback, approximate reported range6–7monthsGLOBAL2022–2025T1sec.gov
US adults using the internet to communicate with a doctor or doctor's office41.5percent of US adults (18+) who used the internet in the past 12 months to communicate with a doctor or doctor's office, Jul-Dec 2022United States2022-07/2022-12T1cdc.gov
Adults using online channels to access medical test results46.1% of adults who used the Internet in the past 12 months to look up medical test resultsUnited States2022-07/2022-12T1cdc.gov
US nursing and residential care facilities firms and establishments43215 firms; 95137 establishmentscountUnited States2022T1www2.census.gov
US adults using the Internet to look for health or medical information, past 12 months58.5percentUS2022T1cdc.gov
Telemedicine use by family income under 100% FPL, US adults, 2022 (NHIS)33.1percent of income cohortUnited States2022T1cdc.gov
Online communication with a doctor's office, US women47.2percentUS2022T1cdc.gov
Urban-rural gap in adult telemedicine use40.3 / 27.5% of adults using telemedicine in past 12 months: large central metropolitan counties / noncore areasUnited States2021T1cdc.gov
Telemedicine not appropriate for specialty or patients by physician specialtysurgical: 49.7 / medical: 26.7 / primary care: 15.5% of physicians reporting telemedicine technology was not appropriateUnited States2021T1cdc.gov
Adults using telemedicine in the past 12 months37.0% of adults aged 18 and over who used telemedicine in the past 12 monthsUnited States2021T1cdc.gov
Physicians able to provide similar quality of care during telemedicine visits76.7%% of primary care physicians; medical specialists 73.1%; surgical specialists 50.6%United States2021T1cdc.gov
Physician dissatisfaction with telemedicine technology by specialtyprimary care: 18.5 / surgical: 25.2 / medical: 20.6% of physicians dissatisfied with telemedicine technology for patient visitsUnited States2021T1cdc.gov
Surgical specialists unable to provide similar quality of care via telemedicine42.4%% of surgical specialists responding not at all or to a small extent; primary care 19.2%, medical specialists 20.4%United States2021T1cdc.gov
US medical laboratories establishments, Census CBP NAICS 62151111410establishmentsUS2020T1www2.census.gov
Outpatient physicians' work time spent solely on EHR input while not directly engaged in patient care20.7% of work timeUS2017-01 to 2018-05T1pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Outpatient physicians' work time spent inputting data into an EHR44.9% of work timeUS2017-01 to 2018-05T1pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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