Industry Voices—Survey shows 83% of patients want virtual health, but there’s a problem

Fierce Health Technology August 23, 2019
Eric Rock

Healthcare needs to catch up with what patients want, including virtual care.

Virtual care, remote monitoring, telehealth and other technologies have long been on the “nice to have” list for healthcare.

The idea of being able to speak face to face with a doctor, have a nurse check vital signs or perform dozens of other tasks without having to leave home or work holds a lot of appeal to time-crunched healthcare consumers as well as overworked providers looking for ways to serve patients more efficiently and effectively.

Yet, that’s all it’s been—an idea that will be great “someday.” But according to a recent consumer survey about attitudes toward virtual care, it appears “someday” isn’t good enough anymore. Instead, the demand...

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