The IoHT Series, Vision 20/20: “Sam” is Alive and Well
While taking a trip down memory lane, it was fun to:
Assess how well my coauthors and I did in predicting the future. Wonder what people we interviewed are doing now. Recall the companies we highlighted and wonder where they are today.
Published: February 24, 2025
by Joe Kvedar
The Internet of Healthy Things
I must begin with a disclaimer (or some may see it as an excuse). I like to illustrate the challenges of predicting the future using the cult classic Blade Runner as an example.
Published: January 30, 2025
by Joe Kvedar
Making Telehealth an Imperative
I recently gave a talk to a group of primary care clinicians updating them on the state of telehealth. My take-home message was: “This is a mature care delivery model now. You should decide how much you want to integrate it into your practice.”
Published: April 16, 2024
by Joe Kvedar
A Prescription is a Prescription No Matter Where It Comes From
Since 2021, the Fair Health tracker shows that telehealth has accounted for about 5% of all health insurance claims, with about 70% of those claims for behavioral health.
Published: January 16, 2024
by Joe Kvedar
What’s a Telehealth Evangelist To Do?
As of August 2019, 0.19% of healthcare insurance claims were telehealth claims.
Published: September 28, 2023
by Joe Kvedar
What If This is As Good as It Gets?
These words from the 1997 romantic comedy that starred Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt keep coming into my head these days. I can’t help but recall the ATA annual meeting in June 2020, when it seemed like telehealth was the king of healthcare delivery.
Published: June 20, 2023
by Joe Kvedar
How Do We Compete With In-Person Care?
I and others have repeatedly made the case that not all healthcare decisions made by a practitioner require data from a physical examination. For those that do, there are exciting home-based technologies that can enrich the data coming from the patient to aid in that decision-making.
Published: April 17, 2023
by Joe Kvedar
In-person Requirements for Remote Prescribing of Controlled Substances: What Next?
Disreputable, online pharmacies have been a thorn in the side of telehealth for a long time. Because both are internet-based transactions, they are often conflated, and some telehealth companies own their own pharmacy, so it is admittedly complicated.
Published: March 23, 2023
by Joe Kvedar