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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.
Holly Davis, Bingham Healthcare CNO, says that while funding and data gaps exist, mobile phones, telemedicine and satellite internet mean that care is not as inaccessible in rural areas as healthcare leaders may think.
Randy Maestre, head of Industry Marketing at Zoom, outlines how the company is broadening its focus beyond virtual visits to clinical documentation, patient experience, and healthcare operations.