Top of Mind 2021 Program Recap

28 Top of Mind 2021 Recap “It’s the younger, healthier, more educated patients who say yes to telemedicine, but it has a less marginal impact on them than the older, frailer, more severe patients,” Dr. Peele said. Health systems can do more to identify those patients, connect them to a physician, and make the technology easy to use. “We have to work hard to get it in the hands of the people who will have the highest marginal benefit from it.” And who should be responsible for doing the work of reaching out to the patients and setting them up for successful telehealth visits, Chopra asked. In a perfect world, both the payer and the provider would be aligned and share the responsibility because it is in the best interest of their community and the economy. “But in reality, it really comes down to who’s holding the financial risk,” Dr. Peele said. Reducing unnecessary utilization Nick Uehlecke, Advisor, Immediate Office of the Secretary, Department T O P O F M I N D O N L I N E V I R T U A L S U M M I T It’s the younger, healthier, more educated patients who say yes to telemedicine, but it has a less marginal impact on them than the older, frailer, more severe patients. “ “ Keynote: Modeling Health Care

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