HealthIT Answers May 23, 2022
By Deirdre Ruttle, Chief Marketing Officer, InstaMed and Head of Healthcare Payments Marketing, J.P. Morgan
2021, Another Turbulent Year in a Pandemic
Two years ago, we released the Trends in Healthcare Payments Annual Report just as the world was shutting down to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, few could comprehend how long the pandemic would endure.
The pandemic caused dramatic impacts on the healthcare industry. Early in 2021, the release of new vaccines brought hope and polarizing political stances in the fight against the virus. Despite the vaccines, new variants caused further waves of COVID-19 cases, which continued to overwhelm hospitals and medical practices with sick patients while stretching staff to their limits. The country’s...