Politico September 26, 2022
Today, we present four consequential trends that will affect health care’s future and their potential benefits and downsides.
1) At-home care
Patients have become comfortable talking with their doctors on a computer and using a bevy of digital devices to monitor, and manage, their health care. Wireless blood pressure cuffs, wearable blood glucose meters, portable ultrasounds, at-home tests and smart scales that detect diabetic foot ulcers make it possible for patients to manage their health.
That promises huge dividends for patients’ health and cost-savings, too. “Things that were done five years ago in the hospital can now be done at home,” Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider, told Future Pulse.
But getting...
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