‘Telehealth isn’t a fad’: Digital health execs on virtual care in 2021

It’s been a tumultuous year for healthcare, from a global vaccine rollout and the threat of virus variants to the rise of telehealth and virtual care services. This week we’re focusing on whether the rapid growth of telehealth and virtual care services seen during the COVID-19 pandemic kept up its momentum in 2021. “I think the novelty of virtual care for many consumers will wear off, but the concept of care on your own terms is going to accelerate even more in the coming years. Virtual care is an incredibly important vehicle to increasing access, but in order for it to continue growing, we must move beyond the virtual and in-person care binary and start looking to connect the care continuum in more places, like home health.” “I see the acceleration of virtual care as part of a larger movement happening across healthcare toward doing and providing more services in and around the home.