Phoning it in: Telehealth costs $110 less than a primary care visit

Cara Livernois | | Health Exec | Telehealth

Virtual health visits cost $110 less than conventional primary care appointments, while also reducing patient wait times and helping address the nursing shortage, according to CNBC.

Telehealth could replace doctor visits in major cities, amid a primary care phy…

To address the needs of an aging population of patients, clinicians have turned to telehealth to effectively treat patients remotely. In the article by CNBC, 98point6 CEO and co-founder Robbie Cape explains the benefits of telehealth in the coming years.

"We actually have board-certified physicians that are behind all of the artificial intelligence that we're doing. We're using artificial intelligence not to replace the doctors, but to actually augment the doctors," Cape said.

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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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