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Remote monitoring technology can expand the reach of clinical trials, says Jennifer Price, executive director of data and analytics at THREAD.
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.
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.
Juli Hysenbelli of the HIMSS Virtual Care Community and Kyle Zebley, American Telemedicine Association CEO, say that virtual care has empowered patients to actively engage with providers and shape their own health journeys.