Could telemedicine be a fad?

Cara Livernois | | Health Exec | Economics

Telemedicine is taking over the healthcare space, but is still controversial and disconnected from mainstream medicine. Will this innovation become the powerful force of change for healthcare or will it fizzle out?

With many corporations adding telemedicine to their benefit packages, government funding the implementation of telemedicine in healthcare and the VA using it to help rural individuals, it seems that telemedicine is on its way to becoming a major part of healthcare but what happens next?

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Will Telemedicine Change Healthcare Or Prove To Be Another Venture Fad?

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Cara Livernois, News Writer

Cara joined TriMed Media in 2016 and is currently a Senior Writer for Clinical Innovation & Technology. Originating from Detroit, Michigan, she holds a Bachelors in Health Communications from Grand Valley State University.

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