Healthcare IT News June 17, 2021
Leaders from Walmart, Best Buy and Philips offer their predictions for the future of telehealth – and part their companies can play.
As several huge retail chains have made high-profile forays into virtual care over the past year, many stakeholders have wondered what effect these moves may have on health services.
At the American Telemedicine Association conference and expo this week, retail leaders sought to assure audiences that such maneuvers can serve to enable care in an often stratified environment.
“Let’s remember the problem we’re all trying to solve for,” said Marcus Osborne, senior VP of Walmart Health, during a session on Thursday.
“We know that we as Americans aren’t getting the care we need,” he said.
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