Will This be the Tipping Point for Telemedicine in the U.S.?

The bullish story here is that a new opportunity has emerged, especially in the Medicare Advantage market, for a new business model that serves patients better. It uses an integrated approach with value-based incentives in order to enable a better customer experience, and to save on costs by preventing hospitalizations.

19/ A few other thoughts on hospitals in Covid era: Re: telemedicine – we learned that not only can many (perhaps most) outpt visits go virtual, but also many hospital visits. This helped us lower # of visits (w/ lower PPE use & infection risk) & has big future implications.

Quite clearly, inexpensive healthcare technology platforms such as telehealth, remote monitoring, and contact tracing will be an essential cornerstone of managing nursing homes going forward.

While 2.0 companies such as Calm and Talkspace enabled human care to be delivered digitally, and enabled more access through on demand care, 3.0 companies will offer fully-digital or hybrid human-digital care and enable more people to get access to affordable mental healthcare at anytime.