A new year and new opportunities for virtual care
Personally and professionally, ringing in the new year always presents an opportunity to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. Here at Teladoc Health, we’re always thinking about how ...
Three Imperatives for a Successful Virtual Care Program
Virtual care programs are at the forefront of our changing healthcare landscape—making providing and accessing care easier for doctors and patients alike. When organizations understand the critical...
Getting Engaged: How Health Plans are Driving Virtual Care Utilization to Help Achieve Better Health Outcomes
It’s pretty simple. You won’t use something if you don’t know you have it. It’s been reported that more than half of benefits recipients in America claim that they don’t fully understand their bene...
The key to improving outcomes and reducing costs
Navigating the healthcare system isn’t easy—employees face misdiagnosis, overtreatment, and medical uncertainty. In fact, nearly everyone will face a misdiagnosis in their lifetime due to systemic ...
3 Top Takeaways from our Second Annual Hospital and Health Systems State of Consumer Telehealth Survey
We’ve known that telehealth was quickly growing, and now we are also better able to see how it is changing, thanks to the release of our second annual Hospital and Health Systems State of Consumer ...
5 value drivers health plans realize when identifying and managing their most complex cases with the right partner
Although it is generally accepted that 5 percent of the population drives 50 percent of healthcare costs, pinpointing the cases most responsible and properly managing them can be tricky. Time const...
Advice from a health system: Tips on setting a strategy & selecting a telehealth solution
In 1776, Philadelphia was one of the seats of the American Revolution. Today, the Thomas Jefferson University and its 14-hospital Jefferson Health system in Philadelphia are at the forefront of the...
Utilization Series: Making utilization a reality by capitalizing on “micro moments”
In the previous blog in this series we addressed the three trends accelerating utilization of virtual healthcare access in a mobile world. While today mobile is a means used by all ages and is an e...
Utilization Series: Three trends accelerating utilization of virtual healthcare access in a mobile world
Where is your smartphone right now? Likely close by. Today, 90% of adults under the age of 65 have a smartphone, and there is no doubt it is changing expectations for how and the speed at which we ...
Here and Now: Momentum for Health Systems
If you want to know the difference a year can make, look no further than at telehealth adoption in the hospital and health system market. Faced with increasing financial pressures, including new pa...