Becker's Healthcare September 22, 2021
Katie Adams

Telemedicine, hospital-at-home programs and artificial intelligence will be key to improving healthcare access and affordability in the future, according to Gianrico Farrugia, MD, president and CEO of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Farrugia said Mayo Clinic can help lead that transformation during a Sept. 21 presentation to the World Affairs Council in Jacksonville, Fla., the Jacksonville Daily Record reported. Below are three key takeaways from his presentation:

  1. Dr. Farrugia said telehealth visits were rolled out on a large scale amid the pandemic out of necessity, as the healthcare industry didn’t think patients were ready for them before the pandemic.

    Now, about 25 percent of Mayo Clinic’s visits are conducted virtually. Dr. Farrugia said adopting telehealth has improved quality of...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Conferences / Podcast, Digital Health, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, Home, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology, Telehealth, Trends
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