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Telemedicine and the Consumerization of Healthcare

GlobalMed

If there’s one dialogue that’s been growing louder across the healthcare landscape, it’s the consumerization of healthcare. Market trends are undeniably steering the healthcare experience into a new paradigm where patients are seizing control. Yet this new direction is not always beneficial for patients or providers.

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Covenant Health uses telemedicine to get specialists to rural areas – and much more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Covenant Health, a health system based in Knoxville, Tennessee, had a problem with telemedicine – a lack of physician specialists needed in rural communities. " With the rise of consumerism in healthcare and the criticality of the COVID-19 pandemic, Covenant Health became more agile in virtual care implementation.

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TriHealth switches to Zoom for pandemic, sees 3,650% increase in telehealth use

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Once TriHealth made the decision to research telemedicine platforms, from its point of view there were three major components needed for any platform to be seriously considered. TriHealth providers preferred EHR integration, as it alleviates the operational burden for front office staff and healthcare providers conducting telehealth services.

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Wearable, Shareable, Virtual: The Demands of the Digital Health Consumer in 2018

Health Populi

As I wrote here in April 2017, telehealth and virtual healthcare are mainstreaming. This week at the 2018 annual HIMSS conference, telehealth is playing a mainstream role in discussions about right-sizing and right-placing healthcare. Convenience and the “Amazon Prime’ing” of consumers has come to health care underpinning consumerism.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

For something as important and as sensitive as healthcare, there are plenty of rules and regulations in place to protect both patients and organizations. However, with healthcare being ever-evolving our regulations are also ever evolving. The following is what they had to say.

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How telehealth can improve efficiency and increase revenue

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Prior to the pandemic, healthcare did not leverage much customer-facing technology, and therefore was not held to the same standards. Prior to the pandemic, healthcare did not leverage much customer-facing technology, and therefore was not held to the same standards. Patient and provider response to telehealth has been quite positive.

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20/20 Vision: 9 Trends at the Heart of Tomorrow’s Healthcare

Hinduja Global Solutions

20/20 Vision: 9 Trends at the Heart of Tomorrow’s Healthcare. From an in-control consumer to digital experience and telemedicine, healthcare delivery continues to stretch the limits of what we thought possible. Amitabh Singh, Executive Vice President, Global Healthcare Operations, Solutions, and Practice, HGS.