Virtual visits to mature in 2021

By SearchUnifiedCommunications - 2021-03-14

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused a massive shift to virtual healthcare in 2020. Now that the bloom is off the rose, healthcare experts predict the momentum behind virtual visits will continue in the new y ...

Summary

  • The pandemic forced virtual care's hand in 2020, but healthcare systems and patients have found that the benefits of telehealth outweigh the drawbacks.
  • Additionally, Trzcinski said healthcare systems invested millions of dollars into virtual visit platforms in 2020 and will be working to generate a greater return on those significant investments in 2021.
  • Chris LaCoe At Penn State Health, a multi-hospital healthcare system based in Hershey, Penn., In 2021, Penn State Health plans to help patients troubleshoot technology issues, and it plans to better integrate its two virtual health platforms with its Cerner Millennium electronic health record (EHR), making data collection from virtual visits easier, which LaCoe believes is the key to sustaining a telehealth program. "

 

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  1. NLP (0.15)
  2. Management (0.07)
  3. Backend (0.03)

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