As things rapidly develop on both what we know about COVID-19, policies around telehealth have also been developing alongside of it.
We are pleased to announce the recent implementation of a PSN rheumatology telehealth clinic. The client is a small, rural Kansas hospital.
Rural individuals face many health disparities compared to urban individuals. Poverty and poor access to healthcare contribute greatly to these disparities. Overall, rural communities are in poorer health than others.
Gordan Alloway, healthcare delivery expert, has recently joined PSN as a telehealth and telemedicine adviser.
The trend toward telehealth will be driven by employers, private insurers and the Affordable Care Act, which makes doctors and hospitals more accountable by moving medical care providers away from fee-for-service medicine,