Episode 59: Checks, Challenges, and Changes in Healthcare

Host: Penny Conway

Co-Host: Rob McIntosh

Guest: Dr. Keith Nelson — Healthcare Strategy and Business Development Director — Connection

 

In today’s episode Penny Conway and Rob McIntosh, your hosts, are accompanied by Dr. Keith Nelson to talk about what has changed in healthcare, what are the biggest challenges in moving forward, and what can be expected from telehub in the future. Dr. Keith dives deep into the history of telemedicine, how it has been a great approach to bring health services to patients while respecting social distancing, and the amazing opportunities this modality presents for the future of healthcare.

 

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Key takeaways:

[1:15] Dr. Keith Nelson introduces himself.

[2:35] Dr. Keith talks about the biggest changes in healthcare over the last 7 weeks.

[3:52] Telemedicine has boomed.

[4:32] Dr. Keith talks about the future for telemedicine implementation and its five categories.

[9:01] The concern of losing the in-person experience.

[9:13] What are the biggest challenges healthcare is facing?

[11:56] The issue of privacy while using telemedicine.

[13:29] Telemedicine presents a cross-state coverage problem.

[15:50] What are the advancements in healthcare that will remain after the pandemic?

[17:35] Further consolidation in the medical industry is expected. 

[21:26] Dr. Keith shares his thoughts with regards to the future of AI as an assistant in diagnosis.

[22:40] Telemedicine hit the mainstream within days.

[24:50] Population Health allows doctors to identify, track, and treat individual patients to prevent diseases from occurring.