The Business of Healthcare Podcast, Episode 16: Telemedicine Could Become the Future of Acute Care

WellVia Chief Technology Officer Peyton Reaves joins Britt Berrett to discuss telemedicine. Proponents of this healthcare model, through which patients can contact a physician via phone, website, video chat or app, believe that it is the future of acute care. Reaves and Berrett talk about the details, including how technology solves the problem of clogged emergency rooms, whether telemedicine will move into specialty medicine and chronic care, and how WellVia cleared the regulatory hurdles put in place for remote-care practitioners.

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The Business of Healthcare Podcast is presented by the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. It brings together business leaders and other forward thinkers to discuss how best to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing, increasingly complex healthcare industry. The center is based at The University of Texas at Dallas.