How Technology Will Accelerate Value-Based Care in the Wake of the Pandemic

Compared to people living in other developed nations, Americans have 50% fewer visits with their primary care physicians but twice the number of hospital admissions for preventable conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, while undergoing disproportionately more specialized procedures.

Physicians and patients have been shifting in favor of value-based care in recent years. The demand for better transparency as well as the trend toward consumerization, lower technology costs and the dramatic increase in telehealth driven by the pandemic are some of the stars that are beginning to align. Here are a few key ways technology and analytics in healthcare are primed to accelerate the transition to an outcomes-based model.