Healthcare IT News June 26, 2020
Kat Jercich

Although providing services to patients virtually can improve provider efficiency, it’s important to consider individual technological capabilities.

Home-based primary care allows individuals with chronic conditions – especially older people – to stay in their homes longer, so reducing hospitalization rates and improving quality of life. As the COVID-19 crisis has made evident, telehealth can be a useful tool to help connect patients with services remotely.

However, experts say it is vital to consider the capabilities of patients when trying to implement an at-home care model – and the capabilities of their caregivers.

“It wasn’t perfect, but we did learn a lot,” said Rachael-Linn Spooner, vice president of clinical transformation at Northwell Health, in an American Telemedicine Association 2020 deep-dive...

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