The Role Of Telehealth In An Integrated Health Delivery System

How Telehealth Can Provide the Bridge between Patients and Healthcare Providers

Against the changing landscape of healthcare reform, healthcare organizations in the United States are focused on achieving the industry’s identified “Triple Aim” goals of improving patient care, and population health while reducing overall healthcare costs. And while experts in the field maintain these objectives aren’t mutually exclusive, they also suggest success will require the U.S. healthcare system to change from the current fee- for-service (FFS) model, which revolves around individual patient treatments, to a more all-inclusive approach that measures patients’ overall health, wellness and the quality of care.

This shift in healthcare delivery will require better cohesion and coordination among providers, insurers and government agencies, as well as increased levels of accountability among all parties in the care continuum – drivers for the current development of integrated health delivery systems as well as Accountable Care Organization (ACO) models.

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