Imagine a 24/7 online collaborative platform for patients, providers, and staff. The future of telehealth technology may look like a group of remote physicians treating hospitalized patients from all over the state. With digital monitoring devices and video conferencing, physicians can treat and diagnose more patients in less time.
With technology becoming more robust, telehealth technology could include international collaboration. Some countries offer medical advances that the United States does not have readily available (and vice versa), but telehealth would lessen the barriers.
As patients experience the reduced wait times and greater access to care, the hesitation regarding telehealth will decrease. Physicians will also notice better patient outcomes and more revenue without an increased workload. In addition, private payers, Medicaid, and Medicare will respond to the demand after solidifying best practices.
Today, it is still difficult to share electronic medical record information with a health system that uses another EMR platform. Telehealth technology will likely include enhanced sharing capabilities that will allow for patients to adequately care for no matter where they are.
In addition, experts predict that the electronic medical record will become more seamless and allow for advanced
automated patient billing.
Telehealth technology likely includes
augmented reality mirrors. The system will combine augmented reality and adaptive image transformation for diagnostics and patient monitoring. With better imaging provided by augmented reality mirrors, providers can better diagnose eye problems, skin problems, and even breast cancer.
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