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Brian Yarnell, president and cofounder of Bluestream Health, talks about streamlining care through virtual technologies.
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.
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.