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A critical gap exists in understanding patients\u2019 perceived barriers to telehealth and strategies to address them.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To explore perceptions about telehealth for oncologic HNC surveillance.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This qualitative study using semistructured interviews and surveys was conducted from January 1 to February 28, 2024. Individuals were included if they were 18 years or older, spoke English, and had been treated 3 to 24 months before the study at a tertiary center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, hypopharynx, nasopharynx, or sinonasal squamous cell carcinomas without recurrence or distant metastasis. 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Mean (SD) OOCAT scores were 4.6 (1.4) for minimizing costs, 2.4 (1.6) for life impact, and 2.5 (1.9) for risk stress. Qualitative interviews revealed 7 themes: perceived benefits of telehealth, barriers to telehealth, technology barriers, opportunity costs of in-person appointments, patient responses to telehealth for surveillance, factors increasing telehealth acceptability, and incongruence between data and perceptions. Patients were more receptive to a hybrid model 2 years after HNC treatment.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this qualitative study, telehealth was less acceptable than in-person visits for initial surveillance after HNC treatment but a hybrid in-person and telehealth model was more acceptable for remote cancer surveillance 2 years after HNC treatment. 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