Health Systems’ Integrated Virtual Clinics Improve Care Quality
In an article for Health IT Outcomes, Christine Kern explains how commercial telemedicine providers fall short in key quality measures—while integrated telemedicine services provide better continuity of care and meet the highest quality care delivery benchmarks. Kern’s claims are supported by a number of sources, including a study from McKesson Ventures portfolio company Carena. The Carena study revealed that patients also receive more time with clinicians and have lower prescription rates when using integrated telemedicine services versus commercial telemedicine providers. A supporting infographic from Carena, “3 Ways...