Payers Fuel Innovation: The Rapid Expansion of Technology in Health & Human Service Delivery

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Executive Briefing
As payers and consumers move towards the adoption of telehealth services, vendors are rising to the challenge by rapidly developing new technologies to meet the growing demand. The following are some highlights of recent technological innovations in health care over the past year:

OptumHealth Rolls Out NowClinic Virtual Clinic in Texas premium members  In December 2009, OptumHealth started rolling out NowClinic, a service that provides people with real-time access to a licensed physician within their state through a computer with Internet access or via the telephone. The . . .