Premier, through the HealthVue system, is planning to keep services in its ecosystem that right now it is losing. "We are adding our own counselors to offer online mental health help, our own cannabis clinics, our own specialists," Dr. Hamza explained. And the telemedicine system "actually adds to the number of office visits rather than cannibalize them. A mother with young children at home isn't going to drag the kids to a clinic so that she can ask a question, but she will connect from home."
"Also, looking ahead, we plan to begin health monitoring using devices such as blood pressure cuffs, and all that data can be connected via Bluetooth in real time to a patient's chart," Dr. Hamza stated. "The doctors, nurses and staff will have access to a patient's numbers and can follow whether he or she is controlling the medications properly. Through artificial intelligence, data can be sent to the doctor before the doctor sees the patient."
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