The Online Therapy Bubble Is Bursting
The Online Therapy Bubble Is Bursting BY JAMIE DUCHARME Hebah Arroyo, an Illinois nurse practitioner, began working for the startup Done in the spring of 2020. She was drawn to the San Francisco-based company’s promise: to provide stigma-free online ADHD care, including prescription refills and virtual sessions with clinicians, for as little as $79 a month. […]
Is It Time To Rethink Our Reference Models For Digital Health ?
The healthcare system today needs innovators who can build an entirely new model of care, much like how Google created search to transform advertising and AirBnB unlocked free bedroom space to transform hospitality. Many companies are trying to do just that, and VCs are pouring billions into them. However, efforts to superimpose a consumer business model that has worked well for e-commerce and transportation onto healthcare have not had the level of impact we might have hoped for. It may be time to rethink our reference models altogether.
Telehealth progress relies on making temporary policies permanent
Telehealth progress relies on making temporary policies permanent by Andis Robeznieks The versatility in how telehealth technology can be used and the creativity physicians are showing in how they use it is rapidly coming to light. But so is the fragility of this progress, which is tied to the temporary waiving of outdated laws and […]
How Metaverse Is Reinventing Healthtech & Its Future
How Metaverse Is Reinventing Healthtech & Its Future By Pradip Shitole Metaverse applications in healthcare can significantly improve patient outcomes by introducing new channels for delivering cost-effective treatment MRFR expects global healthcare in metaverse to reach $5,373 Mn by 2030, growing at 48.3% CAGR during 2024-2030 Metaverse is likely to change the paradigm of the healthcare […]
Amazon Launches “Amazon Care,” National Virtual Health Care
Amazon is about to make health care as convenient as two-day shipping.
Considering AR Solutions For The Healthcare Sector
There are many factors to consider when deciding whether to implement augmented reality technology, especially in the vital healthcare space as outlined above. While healthcare has one of the most promising use cases of any industry, evaluating the cost-benefit analysis of deploying the technology is integral.
VIRTUAL REALITY REPLACES THE TEXTBOOK AS A PROVIDER EDUCATION TOOL
Healthcare organizations are using augmented and virtual reality technology to give doctors and nurses better insight on challenging treatments.
Healthcare turns to the gaming industry to build its metaverse
As more companies and industries dip their toes in the metaverse, a healthcare company explains how they are using gaming platforms to develop physical and mental therapies.
Part I: The Promise of Telehealth – A Cautionary Tale
The massive pandemic-driven expansion of telehealth will have a consequential, enduring impact on the health care delivery system. However, telehealth’s future role in health care delivery is deeply uncertain in terms of its appropriate use across the stages of patient care, among myriad disease types and discrete clinical care needs, and amid uncertainty in payment and provider operational models.
Telehealth is fundamental to care. The Senate must act like it.
by Kevin B. O’Reilly The AMA and more than 300 other physician, health care and patient organizations are calling on the U.S. Senate to follow the example set by a bipartisan 416–12 vote in the House of Representatives and continue regulatory and payment telehealth flexibilities for at least two years. Access through telehealth “has been transformational—patients now […]