7.1. Next Big Issues in Health Policy

7.1. Next Big Issues in Health Policy

Assume you have the ability to select one major “new” health policy for implementation. 

Selected topic: Telehealth’s Future

• Describe your topic and why you chose it.
• What is the expected impact of your topic on population health within the next five years?

Please include at least four references. Two references must be from this week’s Learning Materials and one must have been published within the past six months.

 

LEARNING MATERIALS:

Is Telemedicine the Future of Health Care? https://youtu.be/PLp6U5mUMQQ

• Health Affairs Podcast (May 14, 2021) Three Unanswered Questions for Telehealth’s Future.
• Best, J. (2019, February 1). What is Digital Health? Everything you need to know about the future of healthcare. Retrieved from https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-digital-health/.
• Fagotto, E., & Fung, A. (2019, March 1). A connected patient is a healthier patient. The Commonwealth Fund. Retrieved from https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2019/connected-patient-healthier-patient.