Medscape January 14, 2021
From diabetes to attention deficit, home-based health management tools kept patients and clinicians connected during 2020 in ways that likely will last beyond pandemic lockdown.
In sessions at the Digital Health and Consumer Electronics Show, held online this year, industry heads discussed the role of digital therapeutics and telemedicine in ensuring continued care for patients kept home by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual access to care is the future and the present, said Jason Gorevic, CEO of Teladoc Health, in part because “virtual care is the great equalizer,” reducing access barriers and delivering care “on consumers’ terms.”
For some chronic conditions, the future is now. Panelists in a session on digital therapeutics talked about tools available for managing attention deficit, diabetes,...