Healthcare IT News June 22, 2020
During the virtual opening-keynote of ATA2020, Ann Mond Johnson pointed to telehealth’s essential role in furthering health equity.
During the opening keynote of the 2020 American Telemedicine Association conference, ATA CEO Ann Mond Johnson pointed to the transformative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on telehealth.
“This health emergency has launched telehealth” to new heights, Johnson said.
Given the social distancing measures that necessitated a limitation on in-person care, “consumers realized telehealth wasn’t just a matter of convenience: It can be a matter of life and death,” Johnson continued.
The fact that ATA2020 could be moved to a virtual format, Johnson noted, speaks to the reality that “technology can be used to reimagine experiences.”
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