{"id":10331,"date":"2018-05-06T05:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10331"},"modified":"2018-05-04T12:09:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T16:09:03","slug":"virtual-care-is-increasingly-used-for-low-acuity-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10331","title":{"rendered":"Virtual care is increasingly used for low-acuity needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent report from Accenture, it found about 70 percent of consumers are interested in virtual healthcare but only 20 percent have actually received such care. However, virtual care is becoming more of a reality and is increasingly used for low-acuity needs.\u00a0 Among the big names using such settings for primary care appointments and quick patient consultations are Kaiser Permanente and UntiedHealthcare. Read how virtual care has great promise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcaredive.com\/news\/virtual-care-moves-toward-the-frontline-of-provider-patient-relationships\/516025\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Issue:%202018-05-04%20Healthcare%20Dive%20%5Bissue:15191%5D&amp;utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file000828588926-700x560-phone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9697\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file000828588926-700x560-phone-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file000828588926-700x560-phone-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file000828588926-700x560-phone.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent report from Accenture, it found about 70 percent of consumers are interested in virtual healthcare but only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-telehealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10332,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10331\/revisions\/10332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}