MedCity News October 23, 2022
Patrick Tarnowski

Technology exists today that enables patients to simply use a smartphone to do their physical therapy exercises and get recommendations from their provider based on objective and subjective data.

The pandemic has ushered in the dawn of the hyper-connected consumer in nearly every industry, including healthcare.

Pre-pandemic data shows that most patient care was being delivered in-person, with telehealth making up less than 10% of all visits. This was largely for three reasons: 1) payment systems and processes didn’t support virtual care; 2) both patients and providers didn’t feel the need to change; and 3) there was a misguided perception that virtual care is subpar to in-person care.

The pandemic clearly swung the pendulum the other way. Post-spring 2020, about...

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