INBW32: The Ultimate Impact of Telehealth: A Thought Experiment
Episode Description
The Ultimate Impact of Telehealth: A Thought Experiment (INBW32)
In this inbetweenisode, Stacey Richter runs a solo thought experiment: what's the ultimate impact of telehealth, viewed not as a passing trend but as a leading indicator for the rest of the care delivery business?
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
✅ Why telehealth should be understood as a leading indicator rather than a temporary pandemic trend
✅ How virtual care functions as a "head in the bed at the hospital" demand destroyer for traditional systems
✅ Why patients don't necessarily believe in-person care is superior to virtual visits
✅ How virtual-first entities are steering patients toward clinically integrated networks
✅ Why care delivery organizations that ignore telehealth risk an existential business problem down the road
WHY THIS MATTERS
Telehealth isn't going away once pandemic-era urgency fades — it's a leading indicator of where care delivery is headed next. Organizations that treat it as a temporary accommodation rather than a permanent shift in how patients access care risk finding themselves in a "very problematic position" once tele-whatever becomes existential for laggards.
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00:00 Introduction
02:30 Should provider organizations be getting rid of telehealth?
02:40 EP330 with John Marchica.
04:36 EP349 with Lisa Trumble.
05:07 Should telehealth be viewed as a threat?
05:40 "Virtual is a 'head in the bed at the hospital' demand destroyer."
06:45 "'Virtual' is the scapegoat."
07:42 Patients/Consumers: Is in person really better?
10:42 EP338 with Nikki King; EP347 with Ian Tong, MD; EP320 with Christian Milaster; and EP302 with Blake McKinney, MD.
11:06 How one VP of finance justifies a facility fee for a telehealth visit.
11:54 Do patients actually act like consumers in the digital age?
12:12 Why are virtual-first entities steering patients to clinically integrated networks?
13:08 How is telehealth changing healthcare costs?
14:21 "It adds up to telehealth being inexorable. It's a done deal. It's not a trend."
15:17 "If telehealth is a leading indicator, anybody in the care delivery business who isn't…trying to figure out how to make telehealth work in their core business is gonna find themselves…in a very problematic position."
16:50 "When will tele-whatever become an existential problem for laggard traditional provider organizations?"
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