Infusing Telehealth & Virtual Care into Patient Care Plans with Thomas Foley | E.15
The macro trends of global chronic disease and how Telehealth and Virtual care can play a role in helping patients.
Episode Introduction
Thomas Foley is the Chief Growth Officer at GenieMD and host of The Virtual Shift: Reimagining the Delivery of Care. His expertise is virtual care.
As Thomas asks, according to CDC data, patients only spend 15 hours in front of doctors in any given year, ‘’What happens to the other 8,745 hours?... That’s where wellness takes place.’’
This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare Consulting® which has proudly helped hospitals save $758 million since 1999.
In today’s episode you’ll hear:
The macro trends impacting US healthcare, for instance, six out of ten Americans have one or more chronic condition. ‘’It’s not whether we monitor them, it’s how we get them better.’’
The difference between care and wellness in healthcare today.
The vital roles of telehealth, remote patient monitoring and chronic care management in a unified virtual care collaborative platform.
The three continuums of the healthcare digital transformation journey and why hospitals need to reimagine virtual care. ’It’s not virtual care versus bricks and mortar care, it’s the blending of the two that will help you reimagine.’’
Why the roles of health coaches and care co-ordinators are essential to engage with consumers and bridge the gap in the patient experience.
The challenges to implementing a sustainable virtual care platform in hospitals, and why it’s important to start small. ‘’What is your goal? …What’s your end stage? …Does this unified virtual care collaborative platform support what you’re doing? Those are some of the questions I’d be asking if I was running a health system.’’
Why there is an urgent need to engage with the cost and impact of diabetes on healthcare in the US.
Discover the one key area of investment to infuse a virtual care program into your hospital or health system and engage every patient on a ‘’path that takes them to wellness.’’
Resources:
https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/programs-impact/pop/diabetes.htm
Connect with Thomas:
📱https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomfoley/
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