Circle Connections: Tech Updates Many speakers at a Health Care Affordability Summit on Friday said the medical culture is mired in the past and called for smarter use of technology to contain costs, reduce errors and improve access. David E. Young, vice president for TelePsych Services at OptumHealth Specialty Networks, said that everyone predicted failure when he and his colleagues employed telemedicine to reach autistic children and elderly psychiatric patients who couldn't easily get to treatment. However, the patients embraced it and were grateful for the ease of contacting their doctors, Young said. This was reported by Health News . . .

Circle Connections: Tech Updates Many speakers at a Health Care Affordability Summit on Friday said the medical culture is mired in the past and called for smarter use of technology to contain costs, reduce errors and improve access. David E. Young, vice president for TelePsych Services at OptumHealth Specialty Networks, said that everyone predicted failure when he and his colleagues employed telemedicine to reach autistic children and elderly psychiatric patients who couldn't easily get to treatment. However, the patients embraced it and were grateful for the ease of contacting their doctors, Young said. This was reported by Health News . . .