Direct Health Africa’s CEO, Neil Kinsley shares some home truths and lessons learnt about telehealth over the lockdown to date. […]

The other day, I came across an article that contained 115 mHealth and telehealth statistics. Thinking it sounded intriguing (though slightly overwhelming), I began reading the facts. After struggling through the first 7 or 8 less-than-impressive statistics, I quickly became disinterested. Sure, maybe only 9 of cell phone owners receive texts or updates about medical issues, but is that really news? Don’t we already know that number is extremely low? […]

Patient no-show rates are a chronic problem in physician practices, whether someone is a specialty-care provider or a primary care physician. Many practitioners aren’t even aware of their no-show rates nor the negative consequences they have on their practice. […]

Did you know that only about 24% of doctors currently use social media? Sounds a bit low, if you ask me. Social media has been around for over two decades, now, and it’s time for doctors (and other providers) to play catch-up. […]

Most providers understand what telemedicine is these days, yet there still seems to be a lot of skepticism on whether or not they should incorporate it into their practice. […]

Most providers don’t get into healthcare because they love evaluating, implementing, and using new software technology, but it is becoming an increasingly important part of the job. This is a double-edged sword in many ways. The reason that technology has become such an essential part of practicing medicine is that it has the potential for amazing benefits. It can increase practice efficiency and revenue; it can help support patient loyalty, and even result in better health outcomes. Telemedicine technology for video visits indeed produces all of these benefits for many practices. […]

We provide technology to help healthcare providers incorporate telemedicine into their practice, so obviously, we see telemedicine as something that can benefit both practices and patients. The option of virtual visits expands access to quality care, particularly in rural or underserved areas with provider shortages. Telemedicine can reduce costs and help our limited resources serve a population that is both struggling now to weather our current coronavirus pandemic, and will continue to age gaining more and more chronic conditions. We believe it is an integral part of the evolution of our healthcare system to meet the needs of the future. [...]

Chances are you have already adopted a telemedicine solution. The novel coronavirus forced all of us to quickly learn new ways to communicate, deliver, and receive healthcare. If it wasn’t for telemedicine platforms (and those platforms that traditionally offered message and video services creating avenues for accessing healthcare providers), we would be in far worse shape than we are today. Telemedicine and your adoption of it has, without question, saved lives. […]

Direct Health eBook helps providers better understand patient frustrations and expectations […]