Mary Tipton: Utah should make COVID telehealth order permanent

Utah Rep. John Curtis recently introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill to study telemedicine’s impact during the coronavirus pandemic. This bill is an important start to making telemedicine a national reality for rural and elderly patients whose health care is limited by social distancing and lockdown requirements.But Utah can’t afford to wait for Congress to act. Gov. Gary Herbert’s emergency executive order in March has already proven the power of telemedicine for Utah famili