2025 forecast: Telehealth will Boost panel size and Enable more Delegation

Health systems will increasingly partner with virtual teams to amplify their doctors' abilities to care for patients by effectively increasing panel sizes. The issue isn't a shortage of physicians but a shortage of efficient use. Implementing a virtual team connected to the doctor is the way to achieve this – not asking doctors to do more.These telehealth partners will focus on virtual care, which is more efficient than doctors juggling both in-office and virtual care. Virtual care should not be about increasing doctors' productivity from 22 to 24 patients a day, which no doctor wants.Instead, it's about creating virtual care teams that handle routine care efficiently through automation, allowing office-based doctors to focus on complex cases. This team-based approach will be crucial to sustained success in telehealth.

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Patient wait times continue to grow across virtually all medical specialties, putting patients at risk of worse outcomes and leaving health systems at risk of losing patient volume to competitors like urgent care clinics. To overcome these issues, health systems will develop new strategies to expand capacity to ensure their patients have access to timely care.Engaging and retaining patients is critical for health systems to prevent leakage and preserve revenue as patients age and require more medical services. When patients are unable to get timely appointments with their regular doctors, they are likely to seek other sources of care.

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