MedCity News March 7, 2021
While 2020 incited widespread adoption of video-based consultations, the healthcare ecosystem is now presented with a new mandate of delivering virtual care at scale. Fortunately, there are some companies up to the task.
After crossing the one-year mark since the onset of the pandemic there is no question that our healthcare system has undergone transformational change. For the first time in history, consumers stopped visiting their medical provider for fear of their personal health. In return, virtual care was thrusted to the center stage of healthcare delivery as a panacea to enable safe, socially distant care. Telehealth adoption spiked at unprecedented rates, with some providers reporting 175 times the number of consultations via telehealth compared to pre-pandemic visits.
However, the...