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No digitization with HCP’s is not permanent

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IN SUMMARY : When patients return to doctor’s offices will HCP’s have time to go online with every drug company that requests an online detail? Will patients be happy with telehealth once they feel it’s safe to return to physicians’ offices? So what is the future of digitization within healthcare?

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Telehealth will be worth about $25 billion in 2021

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SUMMARY: Deloitte predicts that the percentage of virtual video visits to doctors will rise to 5% globally in 2021, up from an estimated 1% in 2019. billion doctor’s visits, worth a total of approximately US$500 billion. The most time-consuming task is to make an appointment with your doctor just to ask for a new Rx or an Rx renewal.

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Gun violence is a national health issue

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There was nearly a 30 percent increase in homicides between 2019 and 2020, making it the most significant one-year increase in six decades. Gun violence isn’t just a criminal justice issue; it’s a public health issue. It is nothing less than an immediate need. Dr. Rodriguez has been studying gun violence for more than 25 years.

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Can we be serious about telehealth?

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According to Healthcare Transformers, “ use of telehealth climbed more than 154% in late March 2020, compared with the year before, and a 2020 survey found 76% of patients would be interested in using it. TermLife 2 go surveyed 500 people to find out if they’ve ever lied to their doctors, and 23% said they have.

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Is DTC effective?

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During the first quarter of 2020, the number of telehealth visits increased by 50%, compared with the same period in 2019, with a 154% increase in visits noted in surveillance week 13 in 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. The old belief is that patients who are interested in new treatments ask their doctor about them.

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DTC Marketers job just got harder

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SUMMARY: Both emergency room visits and doctors’ visits are down by about half because people are putting off treatment for medical emergencies due to fears of contracting COVID-19. How is pharma going to get patients back into to ask their doctor about branded medications? This is especially true for undiagnosed patients.

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Is digital the future of medicine?

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Some 70% of American hospitals still fax and post patient records, and patients don’t have one record to share among all their doctors. Yesterday I listed some physicians in an advisory board meeting, and they all expressed concerns about digital medicine. I’m not so sure. EHR’s have been a failure.

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