Healthcare IT News April 7, 2021
Bill Siwicki

Telehealth has been a big win all over the country during COVID-19, but not at Windrose Health Network. The CEO details all the reasons why virtual care has not taken off.

While use of telemedicine technologies has been soaring throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and success stories abound, not every healthcare provider organization has been satisfied with virtual care.

One example of just such a provider is Windrose Health Network, a federally qualified health center based in Greenwood, Indiana, near Indianapolis. Here’s an easy way to explain the telehealth situation there: Physicians were volunteering to take eight-to-ten-hour shifts in full PPE in their open health centers, rather than do a shift of telehealth visits from the comfort of their own homes.

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Topics: Digital Health, Health IT, Healthcare System, Interview / Q&A, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology, Telehealth, Trends
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