Middle of the Night, End of the Worry: How Virtual Pediatric Care Is Changing What American Parents Do First
When a child develops a fever at midnight, the calculus facing American parents has fundamentally shifted. Virtual urgent care, on-demand symptom checkers, and telehealth pediatricians are now the first call for millions of families—transforming how childhood illness is assessed, treated, and sometimes mismanaged. Pediatricians across the country have clear views on where this shift helps, and where it falls dangerously short.