Health care in New Zealand

The Future of Remote Medicine: The AMA Presents a Framework for Measuring Telehealth Quality

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Under the simultaneous pressures of a pandemic-driven explosion in the use of telehealth, a growing emphasis on value-based care, and the current state of medical technology, the healthcare industry is undergoing what appear to be fundamental changes as a consequence of the high and irreversible growth of telehealth. The evolution of medical technology enables effective virtual care in the home for patients with increasingly serious conditions. Stuart Long, CEO of InfoBionic, observes, "One of the most important lessons we learned is that telehealth and virtual care are really important augmentations to our healthcare matrix, and they're here to stay." InfoBionic is pioneering the first virtual care, hospital-grade telemetry platform capable of supporting low- to high-acuity cardiac patients anywhere virtual care is delivered.

Key Points: 
  • InfoBionic is pioneering the first virtual care, hospital-grade telemetry platform capable of supporting low- to high-acuity cardiac patients anywhere virtual care is delivered.
  • (1) The adoption of the latest technology is essential to the expansion of telehealth beyond routine patient care.
  • Medicare visits conducted through telehealth increased 63-fold in one year, from approximately 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 million in 2020.
  • (2) In 2021, 37% of adults in the United States used telehealth for appointments or communication with healthcare professionals.