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TODAYS GUEST Dr. Richard Bakalar, Managing Director of Advisory Healthcare Solutions for KPMG
Dr. Bakalar joined us to discuss how telemedicine is evolving and how KPMG is providing Telemedicine Advisory Services. Specifically, we discuss the following with Dr. Bakalar:
- (3:20) How has telemedicine evolved over the last decade?
- (4:13) How is the Role of Telemedicine and Telehealth evolving related to the Healthcare Payment Reform?
- (5:41) What is the difference between Telemedicine Projects versus Programs for health systems?
- (6:45) Telemedicine, why is now the time?
- (9:57) What is the role of Data Analytics for Telemedicine Programs?
- (11:47) What’s next for telemedicine? What does the next 6-12 months look like?
- (15:51) In 5 years, what does the maturation of telemedicine look like?
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About Dr. Richard Bakalar
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It was more common practice in days of old for a doctor to make a house visit to a patients home. Nowadays it’s more usual for the patient to visit the hospital. Tele healthcare is a recent phenomenon associated with the rise in technology. An interesting way to advance lets say patient engagement and the breadth of a “visit” is to not only have an online meeting per se but perhaps have teams of nurses on standby that can be allocated to different homes during scheduled meeting times. This, with the increase and sophistication of mobile medical technology, could create a new atmosphere of healthcare. Combining the tele system of doctors with the physical presence of someone treating you and gathering important health information (and avoiding user error) for diagnosis could create a broader reach, greater engagement, higher levels of patient satisfaction, quicker diagnostics, more room in hospitals or facilities for those who have a greater need, etc.
Thank you for your comment. See this interview with a company that provides an onsite nurse with the telemedicine doctor visit. https://intrepidnow.com/healthcare/leading-the-way-in-on-demand-in-home-healthcare/