In the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) 2017 Telemedicine Executive Leadership Surveyresults released earlier this year, telemedicine executives “are overwhelmingly optimistic about the future of the telehealth industry and are planning near-term investments to keep pace with rapid transformation and growth of the industry.”
Various vendor studies also support this idea that 2017 is (finally!) the year of Telemedicine.
So are we at a tipping point?
Well, telemedicine is not exactly a shiny new toy. It is already deeply embedded in hundreds if not thousands of hospitals nationwide. Specialists on Call (SOC) has conducted over 380,000 teleConsults since 2004. We’ve partnered with hundreds of hospitals. We have developed internal expertise on every aspect of making a telemedicine program successful.
So, what are some of the lessons we’ve learned?