Now that the virtual health platform is mainstream, future efforts will likely focus on the disparity in numbers between patients and providers.
According to Dr. Sy Saeed, executive director at the ECU Center for Telepsychiatry, 75% of lifetime disorders begin before the age of 18, with an average of 49% having no access to care.
The federal program could be a short-term patch for struggling rural hospitals or the last chance to move rural healthcare onto a model that works at scale. Michael Dalton of non-profit virtual care provider Ovatient explains.
Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society, discusses DiMe's new initiative to support aging in place with digital health tools and reimbursement of remote patient monitoring as Medicare and commercial coverage policies shift.
