The global outbreak of COVID-19 has upended familiar daily routines, changing the way we work, socialize, and shop. It’s a new reality. And health systems are especially feeling the burden.

 

With new Coronavirus hot spots cropping up across the United States, hospitals are overburdened and providers face serious burnout. However, in areas that haven’t been hit as hard by the pandemic, health systems are experiencing sharp drops in revenue as fearful patients avoid in-person medical care because of social distancing regulations.

 

Let’s take a look at how, in the age of COVID-19, enterprise health systems can remain viable by shifting their focus to remote patient monitoring and digital behavioral health integration.