HP Innovation Journal Issue 15: Summer 2020 | Page 31

to providers from a purpose-built monitoring device
intended for remote care management.
Finally, public health officials have taken a new
look at regulations—at least temporarily ending the
pre-pandemic requirement that providers be licensed in
the same state as the patient resides and increasing reimbursements
to providers for seeing a patient remotely.
“If we can keep showing benefits and value, then we’ll
see a continuation of this uptake trend after COVID-19,”
says Frances Ayalasomayajula, HP Head of Population
Health Worldwide.
“ I don’t think
anyone was
ready for
this kind of
scaling.”
—Dr. Joseph Kvedar,
president-elect,
AmericanTelemedicine
Association
PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF HP (THIS PAGE, TOP, AND OPPOSITE)
The global pandemic led
to an instant increase
in use of telemedicine,
left and top. Virtual
doctor visits are making
healthcare more
convenient, efficient,
and accessible, right.
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