Tag: cost savings

An increasing number of healthcare services in the U.S. are being delivered in less resource-intensive settings: from hospitals to freestanding surgery and imaging centers, from long term care facilities to patients’ homes, and from physicians’ offices to computer screens. However, this trend also threatens bricks-and-mortar facilities built to meet the traditional, resource-intensive approach. What is behind this trend and what will it mean? Read more »

In an age when technology disrupts one industry after another, it may be helpful to spend some time thinking about technology and healthcare. Specifically, let’s focus on telemedicine – including telehealth (using electronic communication media to provide clinical services) and remote patient monitoring (using technology to monitor patients with certain chronic conditions). Telemedicine holds great […] Read more »