Healthcare DIVE September 27, 2021
Jason Resendez

Jason Resendez of Consumers for Quality Care argues it’s time for insurers, policymakers and health systems to embrace telehealth as an integral part of the future of healthcare.

Telehealth has been a literal life saver during the pandemic. Not only did it help prevent the spread of COVID-19 by reducing the number of physical interactions between people in waiting and exam rooms, it also increased the continuity of care and expanded access to health services for millions of Americans, particularly those living in rural and underserved areas.

The recent infrastructure proposal by the Biden administration and Congress would allocate $65 billion to expanding broadband, laying the foundation needed to make telehealth services more widely available to the communities that crucially...

Today's Sponsors

LEK
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

LEK

 
Topics: Digital Health, Health IT, Insurance, Investments, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Technology, Telehealth, Trends
Clinicians, staff highlight strategies to enhance virtual diabetes care
Optum layoffs: naviHealth CEO out; Virtual care business shuttered
Telehealth Nutrition Program Proves Effective in Fighting Food Insecurity
Expanding Access to Telehealth for Medication Abortion Care in a Constrained Policy Environment
Why is Optum getting out of telehealth?

Share This Article