Bridging the Digital Divide of Rural Cancer Care With Telehealth
AJMC October 21, 2024
Glenn Balasky, executive director of Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, emphasizes the need for government support to sustain telehealth and suggested a hybrid model combining centralized high-tech care with remote monitoring to address the challenges of providing innovative care in rural settings.
At the Denver regional Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event, expert panelists discussed ways to elevate value in cancer care across different disease states. Glenn Balasky, executive director of Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, led the session, “Implementing New Technology and Innovations in Cancer Care in Rural Communities.”
Balasky here discusses the potential of telehealth as a solution to bridge geographic gaps and provide timely cancer care in rural areas, noting its significant advancement during the pandemic. He emphasizes the need...