Harvard Business Review April 6, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has been an eye-opener for what really matters in both our personal and professional lives. Healthcare providers especially have faced new challenges, such as balancing best-practice patient care and reworking guidelines to protect and support their personnel.
These challenges gave telehealth—the digital distribution of health-related information and services—a chance to grab the spotlight. And while the pandemic has pushed telehealth forward, its ability to provide a high level of medical care in numerous situations will make the technology a permanent fixture in healthcare.
There are at least eight benefits of making telehealth part of the holistic health practice of your hospital.
- Expanded Patient Base
Late appointments and no-shows are frustrating elements of in-person care. They...