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Refusing Telemedicine – Can Patients Opt-out of Remote Care?

July 13, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

With the sweeping rise of COVID19 telemedicine has taken healthcare by storm. During the local surges, this served as a mandated way of maintaining safe distancing. But as things come back to a new normal and as we decide where telemedicine fits in to a clinic structure it might be worth asking: should patients have the option for in-person care. Is refusing ... Continue Reading about Refusing Telemedicine – Can Patients Opt-out of Remote Care?

Tagged With: Telemedicine

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Walgreens VillageMD and the Retail Medical Home

July 9, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

In the next iteration of pharmacy chains positioned as health delivery businesses, Walgreens announced that they will at­tach primary care clinics to hun­dreds of their retail stores. In a partnership with clinic provider VillageMD, Walgreens will invest 1bn in equity over the next 3 years. From The Wall Street Journal on the Walgreens VillageMD ... Continue Reading about Walgreens VillageMD and the Retail Medical Home

Tagged With: Retail medicine

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Stop Medical Distancing

July 7, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic hospitals are facing catastrophic financial challenges. The American Hospital Association estimates a four-month impact of $202.6 billion in losses for hospitals and health systems - That’s an average of $50.7 billion per month. With these mounting losses some systems ands organizations have jumped on board with a media ... Continue Reading about Stop Medical Distancing

Tagged With: COVID, Hospital marketing, Hospitals

Future Medicine

The Problem with Predicting Physician Supply and Demand

July 6, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 5 minutes

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has released a report, The Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections from 2018 to 2033, predicting a substantial future shortfall of physicians. The AAMC represents medical schools and teaching hospitals and offers services to its member institutions including medical education data. Trying to ... Continue Reading about The Problem with Predicting Physician Supply and Demand

Tagged With: Future, MD Future, Medical education

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Sicko Doctors and the Future of Drive-by Diagnosis

July 3, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

Thanks for tuning in, as always. In more ways than one, things are heating up in Houston. We’re hangin’ in there. Me and my family are healthy. Lots of happy, cheerful children in our community are testing positive - so wear a mask and stand clear. Lots of healthy carriers among us. This post, Sicko Doctors and the Future of Drive-by Diagnosis, is the online version ... Continue Reading about Sicko Doctors and the Future of Drive-by Diagnosis

Future Medicine, Physicians, Technology

Telemedicine Hype Cycle and the Future of Remote Care

June 30, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

A recent STATNews First Opinion piece suggested that we’re seeing the abandonment of telemedicine by physicians after a strong start in 2020. Data from Phreesia shows early adoption in March 2020 with a fall off in May - This pattern reflects the earliest phases of the telemedicine hype cycle.  Distracted and disillusioned maybe. Abandoned, no. So what ... Continue Reading about Telemedicine Hype Cycle and the Future of Remote Care

Tagged With: Technology, Telemedicine

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Bryan Vartabedian is a pediatrician at Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital and one of health care’s influential voices on technology & medicine.
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