Great opinion piece in @statnews co-authored by my colleague @Ateevm re: why #telemedicine is already losing it's precarious foothold in the U.S. healthcare system. Below is a summary of their line of reasoning in 3 tweets 🧵💡
statnews.com/2020/06/25/tel…
statnews.com/2020/06/25/tel…
1) In any business, uncertainty in future conditions dampens interest in investing resources 💰 to establish a new, long-term capability.
2) Most US healthcare organizations are run as businesses that have limited resources and must make a profit to survive.
2) Most US healthcare organizations are run as businesses that have limited resources and must make a profit to survive.
3) TEMPORARY regulations ⬆️⬆️uncertainty.
4) Regulations re: telehealth payments 💸 in the #COVID19 pandemic have been explicitly TEMPORARY.⏱️
5) As such, it would be misguided to expect US healthcare organizations to invest the significant resources 💰necessary to establish...
4) Regulations re: telehealth payments 💸 in the #COVID19 pandemic have been explicitly TEMPORARY.⏱️
5) As such, it would be misguided to expect US healthcare organizations to invest the significant resources 💰necessary to establish...
...telehealth capabilities in the current regulatory environment.
6) If the capability to provide #telehealth has intrinsic value--which the authors argue it does--then PERMANENT regulatory changes are necessary to alleviate the uncertainty preventing widespread implementation.
6) If the capability to provide #telehealth has intrinsic value--which the authors argue it does--then PERMANENT regulatory changes are necessary to alleviate the uncertainty preventing widespread implementation.
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