MedCity News November 23, 2022
Implementing and pursuing innovation in digital health and healthcare IT should be a priority for all U.S. healthcare providers and payers — especially as the lessons and response to the Covid-19 pandemic become permanently part of our everyday lives.
The outbreak of Covid-19 was a “black swan” event that dramatically accelerated the evolution and acceptance of digital health and healthcare information technology (IT) — likely by more than five years. It has also permanently changed Americans’ expectations of healthcare providers and patient care. However, the focus on Covid-19 belies three additional underlying and interrelated trends that will continue to drive new use cases for digital health and healthcare IT applications.
Value based reimbursement
The ongoing shift towards “value based reimbursement”...