How American attitudes on telehealth have changed since the start of the pandemic
by Katie Adams Before the pandemic, 56.40 percent of Americans did not believe they could receive the same level of care from telehealth compared to in-person care, but recent polling shows 79.85 percent of Americans now say it is possible. Sykes surveyed 2,000 adults in March 2020 and March 2021 about their telehealth attitudes and experiences. Below […]
How a Virtual Care Mindset Leads to Greater Patient Acceptance and Sustainable Telehealth Growth
There’s no question that the demand for telehealth and virtual care has grown exponentially over the last twelve months. With that growth has come a fundamental shift in the attitude toward virtual care.
3 Ways to Humanize the Virtual Health Care Experience
For telehealth to remain a significant force in health care after the pandemic subsides, digital tools will have to take human emotions into account in the ways they support patients and care providers. A growing array of offerings are doing just that. They are aimed at helping both parties build trusting relationships.
Building Trust into Telehealth
Trust is harder to establish in a virtual conversation than in person. The limits of technology pose a variety of challenges. This article identifies them and makes recommendations for overcoming them.
‘We are on a collision course’: As virtual care booms, experts call for new health data privacy protections
A drop in your daily step count. A missed period. A loss of hearing. If it’s collected by a smartwatch or wearable, that health data isn’t protected the same way your medical records are. And as wearables like smartwatches and headphones sweep up an increasing amount of health data — flagging potential medical issues that […]
Telehealth is ready for its second dose – introducing virtual care 2.0
While 2020 incited widespread adoption of video-based consultations, the healthcare ecosystem is now presented with a new mandate of delivering virtual care at scale. Fortunately, there are some companies up to the task.
Three Common Characteristics Among Virtual-First Health Plans
Although payers are still exploring how to best use virtual care and telehealth technologies, virtual-first health plans have started to develop a couple of consistencies.
USDA Invests $42 Million in Distance Learning and Telemedicine Infrastructure to Improve Education and Health Outcomes
Investments Will Benefit 5 Million Rural Resident
Telemedicine use in Japan still at a nascent stage
The uptake of telemedicine is still at infancy stage in Japan compared to other countries in Asia such as China and Singapore.
VR and AR Simulation Medical Training Can Reduce Medical Errors
by Adam Dougherty, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, SimX Human error is an inevitable event in the practice of any trade, including healthcare and medicine. The errors made in medicine can have many negative effects for patients and healthcare providers. A study out of Johns Hopkins in 2016 found that medical errors accounted for over 250,000 […]