What is telehealth/virtualized medicine? What are the potential benefits? What are the unforeseen costs? For better or worse, COVID has brought us a world in which the desperate need to explore alternate forms of practicing medicine is more apparent now than ever before. The old system is broken. 21st-century medicine has finally arrived. Join us as we explore the opportunities currently emerging in virtual medicine.
Introducing a 4-Part Series: A Cyberized View on Virtual Medicine
I’m sure we’ve all heard of it, many have even likely already tried it. Virtual medicine has become a keen part of the conversation regarding our health. The discussion to be had includes everything from new, emergent companies changing how medicine is practiced, to patients wondering how much information they have to give up now and worrying whether or not it will be protected. The world, as always, is growing more technologically integrated and the human condition is changing as a result.
In this four-part, expository analysis on virtual medicine in our ever-more digitized lives, we will be Cyberizing this content as follows:
Chapter 1: What is Virtual Medicine? (11.03.20)
What is meant by virtual medicine? How do telehealth and virtual emergency rooms play into it? What does this mean for the future of medicine and more importantly our relationship with the industry? And finally, what kinds of new tools are available to us as a result of this movement?
Chapter 2: Proposed Benefits? (11.10.20)
In which ways is the profession advocating that this new format will benefit our lives? How does this benefit the industry players? Doctors? Hospitals? Health insurance?
Chapter 3: Potential Pitfalls? (11.17.20)
What are the potential drawbacks of this new tech-fueled engagement? Are there potential issues for hospitals and doctors? What are the potential impacts on patient care? What are the potential issues regarding patient data?
Chapter 4: The BCB Cyber Take (11.24.20)
In our last chapter, we not only summarize our current exploration, but we will also put forth our argument on an individual’s approach to virtual medicine. Describing, as always, ways that we can better inform ourselves to get the most out of these new technologies while protecting ourselves as individuals along the way.
Make sure to come back in November to join us for this exciting new series. For more Cyber-Fuel on Health, please check out our dedicated section on the subject.