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Ray Dorsey, M.D., a professor of neurology and co-director of the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, said the healthcare field is moving to virtual visits because the status quo doesn’t work. “The way we provide care doesn’t work. It is not timely, equitable or efficient.”
As I mentioned in last week’s blog item previewing the American Telemedicine Association meeting in Baltimore, I was interested in going because it seemed to me that large health systems are taking telehealth more seriously as they move toward value-based purchasing and accountable care. For instance, several of the sessions had to do with using telemedicine to prevent re-admissions.
