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Rise of Retail Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities for Payers

HIT Consultant

Pharmacies, department stores, convenience stores, and technology companies are all shifting the standard of care toward retail or online centers that provide care at the same place you already shop for household supplies, groceries, or prescriptions.

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Why It’s Time for Healthcare Organizations to Start Treating Patients Like Consumers

HIT Consultant

When the pandemic disrupted routine procedures and primary care across healthcare, many care delivery organizations believed patients would eventually return to in-person care as they always have once the pandemic was over and restrictions were lifted. I disagree, but it’s on life support. We have the tools to revive it.

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Infusing Telehealth & Virtual Care Into Patient Care Plans With Thomas Foley | Ep.15

Vie Healthcare

There’s a lot of things that we can do on the preventive side but, like Tom said, you have the monitoring, you have a coach. Because this, this will help reduce emergency visits or those, you know, additional comorbidities, things that complicate the care when patients come into the hospital. Can we talk a little bit about that?

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