Deloitte February 7, 2019
Chris Shudes

Some of the biggest thinkers and innovators in health care are in Orlando next week for the annual HIMSS19 Conference. Virtual health— a method of enabling continuous, connected care via digital and telecommunication technologies—is one topic that is certain to generate a lot of buzz during this year’s sessions. While virtual health certainly seems to be the hot topic du jour in health care, adoption rates still aren’t what they could be, according to our 2018 survey of US health care consumers and physicians.

Only 23 percent of surveyed consumers have had a virtual visit, but more than half (57 percent) of the others said they are willing to try it. On the physician side, only 14 percent have implemented...

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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