5 consumer healthcare trends that could impact digital health in 2014 The CEO of a large health tech company sees 2014 as a mix of positive and negative consumer healthcare trends that could play to the strengths of digital health companies. Check out this 5 part series Part 1 - Wait times could go up With fewer primary care physicians to meet the demand, there’s nowhere for wait times to go but up. The Vitals Index, which tracks wait time data, shows that from 2010 to 2013 the average time a patient waits in the office rose by…30 seconds. I think it would be more interesting to track the average wait to get an appointment since that is likely to get significantly longer. With the amount of time spent with the physician expected to decrease, nurse practitioners and telemedicine are seen as attractive alternatives in some states, where they are changing their regulations accordingly. Check back tomorrow for Part 2! medcitynews/2014/01/vitals-ceo-flags-5-consumer-healthcare-trends-impact-digital-health-2014/#ixzz2q19pAV5F
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:16:07 +0000
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