Getting Ready For The Era Of Telehealth

There has been a substantial increase in the number of organizations using telehealth technologies. For organizations over $25 million in revenue, 44% are using telehealth technologies, compared to 15% just a year ago. Even for smaller organizations (under $25 million), the adoption increase has been impressive, rising from 10% to 33% (see The Tech-Enabled Provider Organization: The 2017 OPEN MINDS Health & Human Services Technology Survey).

But telehealth adoption is only a good start—many provider organizations are faced with a big gap between the potential in telehealth tech, and the reality of using that tech today. Even if . . .