The Rise And Fall And Long-Term Rise Of Digitally Enabled Health Care

COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of telehealth, but lasting change will only happen once digital health is institutionalized in health system work flows, says Teladoc Health’s Joe DeVivo.

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The tailwind behind the increasing adoption of telehealth during the first wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic was put into perspective during a Deloitte-hosted panel at AdvaMed’s 2020 MedTech Conference. The virtual panel, chaired by Deloitte’s head of global medtech practice Glenn Snyder, addressed the theme of the provider environment in times of COVID-19-induced change. It sought to place a current and future value on telehealth as a tool to deliver health care across the care settings.

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