Overnight, in 2020, telehealth became table stakes. Video visits, which had been slowly striving for adoption, became a necessity for the nation's care providers, and they quickly built the infrastructure for them. The result is that video will at least be a part of healthcare offerings going forward for almost every provider.
But video visits are just doctors' appointments transplanted into the...
In the final podcast in our Virtual Care paradigm series, we look at how virtual care for mental health can benefit not only patients, but also physicians themselves, who face many barriers to mental health care and as a result suffer from high levels of stress, burnout, and even suicide. To discuss this issue and its potential solution, host Jonah Comstock is joined by Kavi Misri, founder and...
State licensure and differing regulations on privacy, licensure and other questions have always been a barrier to virtual-care models that seek to care for anyone with an Internet connection. Which of those hurdles have been overcome and which still remain? And how did COVID-19 and its associated waivers affect this complex issue?
On this episode of HIMSSCast, a tie-in to our Virtual Care...
