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authors: Mosnaim, Giselle S.; Stempel, Hilary; Van Sickle, David; Stempel, David A.
title: The adoption and implementation of digital healthcare in the post COVID-19 Era
date: 2020-06-22
journal: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.06.006
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doc_id: 937171
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The practice of medicine in the United States was transformed in March of 2020 as providers 22

were forced to rapidly adapt and continue to deliver care during the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 The 23 use of telehealth has been rapidly incorporated into daily patient care. In addition, we believe 24 that remote patient monitoring (RPM) has increased, with examples including more frequent 25 home monitoring of blood pressure, home pulse oximetry, and home digital spirometry. 26

Although digital technology has been increasingly available to medical practice for the past two 27 decades, its application, development and adoption has been impeded by government policy, 28 reimbursement and lack of initiative to advance change. As social distancing became the 29 societal norm, the practice of medicine needed to respond urgently. The barriers to telehealth 30 were temporarily suspended, and rapid expansion of remote healthcare was implemented to 31 provide added safety to patients and healthcare providers (HCPs) through social distancing. The COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on the limitations of our present healthcare 163 system's ability to treat all Americans during the crisis and has forced a radical transformation 164 in care. Past response to healthcare crisis has had beneficial legacies. 13 We now have the 165 opportunity to use the lessons learned during this crisis to make revolutionary improvements in 166 the delivery of medical care. HCPs and patients are currently experiencing the benefits of 167

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