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Do Virtual Care Platforms Compete With Local Care Providers? It’s Complicated
by Vince Kuraitis and Thomas Wilson, Ph.D
We describe eight ways in which virtual care platforms (VCPs) are “potentially” competitive with local care providers:
1) Low Acuity/Episodic Care
2) Virtual Primary Care
3) Specialist Care
4) Chronic Disease Management
5) Second Opinions
6) Specialized Populations/Conditions
7) “Selling Ammunition to the Enemy”
8) […]
Are Hospital Business Models on a Burning Platform? Not Yet, But It’s Inevitable.
From reading recent headlines, one might easily get the impression that hospitals are resistant — or at least ambivalent — in their pursuit and adoption of accountable care initiatives.
Are Hospitals Dragging their Feet on Accountable Care?
Commonwealth Fund: “only 13 percent of hospital respondents reported participating in an ACO or planning to participate within a year”
KPMG Survey: “(only) 27 percent of [health system] respondents said current business models were either not very or not at all sustainable over the next five […]
Employers Perceive that Health Plans Add Value to ACOs
A just released study from Aon Hewitt and Polakoff Boland — 2011 Employer Driven Accountable Care Organizations Survey Report — examines employer attitudes toward ACOs. The report provides useful insights into an area that hasn’t yet received much attention.
A couple tables in particular caught my attention.
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Key findings in this table include: