TMT Editorial: The Future of Virtual Health – Near Term Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors

  • Lyle Berkowitz, MD CEO of Back9 Healthcare Consulting, USA; Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois USA
  • Steve Ommen, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
  • John Halamka, MD President, Mayo Clinic Platform, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v5.210

Keywords:

COVID-19, Healthcare providers, Pandemic, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Virtual Care, Post-Covid-19 Prediction, Telehealth market research

Abstract

Telehealth has received a lot of attention over the past few months as healthcare providers necessarily shifted. This was initiated by the need to decrease virus exposure and PPE usage, and then further enabled by pro-telehealth reimbursement and regulatory changes. What lessons were learned that help us envision what the future might look like over the next 12 months?

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References

Medicare telemedicine health care provider fact sheet. CMS.gov. 2020. https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/medicare-telemedicine-health-care-provider-fact-sheet. Accessed 7/27/70.

The Chartis Group and Kythera Labs. Telehealth Adoption Tracker. The Chartis Group. 2020. Available at: https://reports.chartis.com/telehealth_trends_and_implications/

Mehrotra A, Chernew M, Linetsky, Hatch H, Cutler D. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Outpatient Visits: A Rebound Emerges. The Commonwealth Fund. 2020. Available at: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2020/apr/impact-covid-19-outpatient-visits. Accessed 7/27/20.

Leventhal R. McKinsey Analysis: Up to $250B of Healthcare Could Be Virtualized: Researchers note that the shift is not inevitable, however, and the window for providers to act is now. Healthcare Innovation. 2020. Available at: https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/population-health-management/telehealth/news/21140444/mckinsey-analysis-up-to-250b-of-healthcare-could-be-virtualized

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Published

2020-07-31

How to Cite

Berkowitz, L., Ommen, S., & Halamka, J. (2020). TMT Editorial: The Future of Virtual Health – Near Term Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Telehealth and Medicine Today, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v5.210

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2020)

Section

Editorial

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