Don’t let telehealth be a pitfall

Telehealth is a virtual healthcare delivery system, and it has become a permanent fixture in healthcare delivery accelerated by the pandemic. Now, healthcare leaders are looking to expand and improve their telehealth products. Challenges remain, but numerous opportunities exist. The solution you choose to buy or build will have a long-lasting impact. Here are things to consider for healthcare decision-makers.

More than just telehealth

The growth of telehealth has revolutionized the healthcare industry, allowing hospitals across the country to take advantage of its benefits while also adopting it as their Hospital at Home technology. Hospital at Home is not a new concept, and it is the combination of in-home and virtual visits with remote monitoring replicating the inpatient hospital-level care in their homes.

Many factors have aided in the shift in attitude and adoption of Hospital at Home, including:

• Technological advances of the telehealth solution
• Changes in how patients consume healthcare
• COVID-19 pandemic and CMS waivers

Standalone or EMR-centric system

Telehealth works best when it replicates an in-clinic visit, and that can only happen when all of the patient’s clinical data is in one place and linked…