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By thinking critically and imaginatively about potential uses, virtual reality and other new telehealth tools can become effective and innovative options for providing care. As an application of artificial intelligence, virtual reality is a new and high-potential tool for telehealth. Input from payors, policymakers, and hospital administrators will have a large influence on the uptake of this powerful opportunity.

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Telehealth is valuable tool in the current and future healthcare landscape. In order to make sure that it is accessible for everyone, we must make a concentrated effort to address the issue of technology literacy

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"As the landscape of telehealth and health technologies continues to change, RPM devices are expected to become a larger part of that landscape. Having access to a wide variety of reliable data about a patient’s health can lead to much better health outcomes. RPM devices have the capability to paint a clearer picture of a patient’s overall health and can ensure that patients and providers can work together to make the best possible care decision."

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“By investing in new technologies and ensuring that existing technologies are interoperable, providers and healthcare systems can lessen the burden on their patients and ensure equitable outcomes for all.”

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Investment in technology and digital care has exponentially increased over the past two years.

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What a year this has been! While most of us probably can’t wait to say good-bye to 2020, one of the good things that has come from the COVID-19 pandemic is the policy changes for telehealth and the ubiquitous acceptance of it from providers all over the world. Here in the United States, the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (NCTRCs) were here to have your back. Our origins began in 2006, with the inception of the Health Resources Services Administration’s Telehealth Resource Center Program, which is funded out of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

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If you live, work, or travel in a rural area of the United States, you’ve probably gotten stuck behind a slow-moving farm implement. They can be seen out and about every spring and fall like clockwork. Can you imagine what the person in the cab looks like? You probably envision faded blue jeans, work boots, and ball cap. Have you ever tried to imagine what their day looks like? Did they start before the sun was up? Are they grandparents or parents? Did their children see them at the dinner table yesterday? Did they crawl out of the tractor late last night and are they trying to finish up today? The list of questions goes on and on.

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