Telehealth

In the wake of the global pandemic, the popularity of telehealth skyrocketed. In fact, a study by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) showed a 63-fold increase in Medicare telehealth utilization during the pandemic.   While virtual...

In 1879, the Lancet article made the prognosis that “modern” technology – the telephone – could be used to transform healthcare delivery and reduce unnecessary office visits. Looking back, that prediction was uncannily forward thinking.   While telehealth, or...

What is Telehealth and How Does It Work?  During the global pandemic, many schools and businesses pivoted to a virtual environment. What was supposed to be a temporary solution became not only the norm, but a preference for many.   The same...

Types of telehealth services span a spectrum of technologies and strategies, including live, forwarded, remote, and mobile, applied depending on convenience and practical considerations.   Recent technological advances, coupled with accelerated patient...

Telehealth accessibility remains an important factor for providers capitalizing on this increasingly popular and feasible option, made more so during the pandemic. The care alternative that promised key advantages pre-pandemic has undergone accelerated vetting...

By now, most organizations across healthcare have realized that telehealth (or telemedicine) is here to stay – both as a means of providing extended and enhanced care for patients and as a tool for practice and revenue growth. Once seen as somewhat of an optional...

Telemedicine has been thrust into the forefront this year, yanked from a marginal “early adopter” technology into the spotlight as table stakes for any practice that wanted to survive the COVID pandemic. Now we are entering the inevitable “sawtooth curve” of compound...

The Opportunity There is no doubt that COVID-19 has upended healthcare as we know it and left healthcare providers and patients in turbulent waters. Our vulnerable populations, already at risk, are taking the brunt of this storm. As we gradually come to terms with the...

Over just the past six months of 2020, we have seen an incredibly accelerated evolution in the role of telehealth. It went from a rarely used technology to a basic “table stakes” capability for modified practice re-opening and revenue in the summer, to where we are...

During the coronavirus pandemic, many visits to the doctor’s office have been replaced with telehealth. Patients can confer with their physicians online from the safety of their homes. Symptoms and proper medication dosage can be discussed; doctors can even monitor...