COVID-19 Response Initiatives
A Talk by Bart Demaerschalk (Chair, Division of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Professor of Neurology, and Medical Director, Mayo Clinic)
About this Talk
A telehealth response during the pandemic helped to protect patients, limit disease spread, reduced healthcare workforce exposure, and conserved valuable PPE. With today’s digital health solutions and the easing of legislative, regulatory, licensing, payment, and administrative barriers telehealth, adoption is growing! Mayo Clinic providers performing video telemedicine consults saw a 1,200% increase during the pandemic. Now is the time to accelerate the adoption of digital tools such as telehealth.
Key Takeaways
- Learn about the scalability of telemedicine services in a large integrated multispecialty health care system during COVID-19
- Discuss why now is a very unique time-sensitive opportunity to accelerate the adoption of existing digital tools
- Review telehealth tools being deployed across the continuum