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people digitally, Wellstar MCG Health is able to reach new and different populations, and is consequently able to increase health equity and decrease disparities within the healthcare system across the state.
“ Digital health is a new way of delivering healthcare,” Dr Lyon says.“ Many people were not trained in how to use telemedicine and telehealth to take care of people outside the physical walls of a hospital or a clinic. We, therefore, used tele-education, which is really based on telemedicine and telehealth, to help leaders understand the power of these technologies but also to help shape the culture of our providers, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists and Clinicians, to help their perception of how we can utilise our time and talents to reach winder populations and new people.”
Additionally, digital health has enabled the hospital to have a greater social impact, by connecting more people to these healthcare resources. Dr Lyon explains:“ The better you keep your population’ s health, the better you keep the individual person’ s health and the more likely they will be able to contribute to the workforce and to the other aspects of society. So our goal is to utilise technology and to ensure we’ re using digital health to reach as many people as possible, equally.”
Wellstar MCG Health’ s partnership with AmWell Wellstar MCG Health and AmWell have had a relationship since August 2019, when Wellstar MCG Health contracted with AmWell – American Well at the time – to support their direct-to-consumer( D2C)
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