6 Essential Steps To Closing The Digital Health Disconnect

The article delves into “Six Essential Steps to Closing the Digital Health Disconnect,” exploring the profound impact of digital health investments, particularly during the COVID-19 surge. It highlights the gap between the potential and current reality of digitally enabled care within the U.S. health system. Emphasizing the report “Future of Health: Closing the Digital Health Disconnect,” jointly developed by the AMA and Manatt Health, it outlines critical insights from healthcare leaders. The report underscores pivotal pillars such as patient-centric design, equity-focused approaches, and recentering care on the patient-physician relationship. It advocates for optimizing digital health by integrating virtual and in-person care models, prioritizing patient and physician needs to foster equitable, relationship-based healthcare experiences.