Chief medical officers (CMO) and chief information officers (CIO) believe that the medical industry in on the cusp of transformative change and this partnership will be a key driver of innovation. This collaboration will usher in an era of technological advances in healthcare, which we refer to as Future Care.
Primary care providers will function as the hub in a personalized care ecosystem, with the patient at the center. To accomplish this, they'll not only see patients in person but will engage them virtually as well, while also accessing more data to improve outcomes.
Healthcare insiders say there are 3 key challenges facing telehealth
Now that states are reopening, many patients are opting back into in-person visits.
Many hospitals and clinics are now grappling with a hybrid system that combines telemedicine and in-person visits.
This article is part of a series called Future of Healthcare, which explores how technology is driving innovation in the development of healthcare.
Doctors offices and hospitals are emerging from the confines of telehealth -only visits as the pandemic-induced closures ease up around the US.
Telehealth s impact, however, is only just getting off the ground.
During the pandemic, doctors offices and clinics rapidly adopted technology that allowed them to conduct non-emergency patient visits over the phone or video conference. They signed contracts with companies like Teladoc and Amwell, which provide access to such software and saw their businesses each ro