Expand Patient Engagement With Telemedicine

By Scott Westcott, Contributing Writer

Telemedicine offers a clear opportunity for healthcare providers to connect with patients in cost-effective, efficient, and engaging ways. Yet while telemedicine continues to grow, challenges to widespread adoption remain.

Telemedicine — consider it the modern version of the age-old house call. This remote diagnosis and treatment of patients offer physicians and other caregivers the opportunity to readily communicate and share information electronically via — among other things — virtual video visits, text messaging, and monitoring services.