How to advance healthcare quality though digital health

Successful virtual healthcare services must not merely “design out” the drawbacks of legacy care models. To truly succeed, they must deliver digital innovation that dramatically lowers cost, reduces the load on legacy care providers and infrastructure, and delights patients. But where does healthcare quality show up in the virtual healthcare context, and how should innovators, investors, and healthcare providers approach questions about quality in this paradigm? For a clinician’s point of view, we turned to Simon Mathews, Chief Medical Officer of Rock Health portfolio company Vivante Health, to share a perspective on how digital health can play a role in advancing care quality across four dimensions.

By Dr. Simon C. Mathews,...