Telehealth services were one of the tech success stories of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just as cloud-based services helped suddenly locked-down workers to stay productive, telemedicine consultations ensured doctors could still provide essential healthcare and advice without endangering their patients or staff. In fact, telehealth consultations accounted for a quarter of all medical interactions in the US in the first four months of the pandemic, up from just 1% the previous year.
What is telehealth?
Telehealth or telemedicine refers to any service which allows a healthcare professional to provide care for their patients remotely. For most people this means an online video consultation or phone chat. A huge variety of new apps have sprung up to serve this fast-growing market, including Doctor Care Anywhere, Babylon Health and MDBox.
As a doctor founded, patient-focused company, Doctor Care Anywhere plc (ASX:DOC) believe that happy doctors mean happy patients. It’s a virtuous circle and one that we’ve built a great team to help keep going.