Managed Healthcare Executive July 15, 2021
Danielle Russella

With the COVID-19 pandemic almost in our rear-view mirror, we stand on the horizon of a profound change in healthcare: The evolution of primary care from a static provider relationship to a virtual care team in your pocket.

For decades, consumers have accepted a tenet of good care to be a primary relationship with a single doctor. This notion has been challenged in unexpected ways over the past 10 years due to a shortage of primary care physicians, increased medical specialization and a rapid shift to digital engagement among consumers. Contributing to our new reality, only one in four Americans have a primary care provider.

Virtual primary care offers a solution that is different from today’s urgent care telehealth solutions...

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Topics: Digital Health, Health IT, Patient / Consumer, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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