AI in Healthcare September 7, 2021
If COVID put telemedicine’s pedal to the metal, it was only speeding up evolutionary change fueled by advances in technology prior to 2020. During the acceleration, some have begun asking if annual in-person visits with primary care providers are doomed.
This week The Wall Street Journal is taking a look at some key innovations likely to help along—and some inherent obstacles likely to hold back—any concerted movement to normalize virtual primary care.
Milestones reached or within sight at some tech-forward provider organizations include:
Mayo Clinic is already sending lab kits to patients living in remote areas, enabling them to have specimens collected locally and sent over to Mayo for analysis. Soon the specimens may include blood for “liquid biopsy” testing...
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