I am privileged as a regular contributor to a local executive education course in healthcare innovation. I give these talks 4-5 times per year, and it has been fascinating over the last 18 months to see how the questions that come from audience members have changed. The individuals that participate in this course are all …
Artificial Intelligence: A Clinician’s Friend or Foe? Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]While thinking about my keynote address at the 2021 American Telemedicine Association (ATA) annual conference, I kept coming back to Daniel Kahneman’s Nobel-prize-winning theory (his book is called Thinking Fast and Slow). This theory formed the basis for the field we now know as behavioral economics. What Kahneman describes as heuristics (pattern recognition or …
Lessons Learned from 2020 Provide a Springboard for Increased Telehealth Adoption Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]According to the Consumer Technology Association, recent data shows that 59% of consumers use remote mental health services, 49% are using telehealth for physical health, and 37% are using health fitness apps – all increases compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic. We have seen how telehealth, as a channel for healthcare delivery, expanded dramatically …
The Need for a Gold Standard in Telehealth Education Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]On New Year’s Day, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a healthcare reform bill that is a metaphor for the state of telehealth as we put 2020 in the rearview mirror. Telehealth advocates have plenty to be pleased with in the final legislation (see the American Telemedicine Association’s press statement here). The law …