WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Telehealth is giving a whole new meaning to the term "house call" as the technology connecting doctor and patient is expanding to include primary care visits to cancer care.
For many people, January is a time for new beginnings. But for many telehealth patients, January 2021 means being plunged back into 2019 as Congress prepares to walk back some of the pandemic-related coverage and payment flexibilities it instituted for 33 million seniors and people with disabilities.
As part of his 2021 of the State address, Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, introduced his intention to permanently expand telemedicine services that were made available during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Last year, a family had booked a tele-consultation at Fortis Hospital in Bengaluru for a patient who had difficulty in breathing. When, at the request of Sheela Chakravarthy, the hospital’s director, internal medicine, the family brought the patient on a video call, she realised that he was barely breathing and needed urgent medical attention.
With its planned rollout of Aristotle, StageZero has built a fully integrated telehealth platform that supports its cancer diagnostics program. With the current stay-at-home orders imposed by governments, telehealth has emerged as a viable alternative to access health care and diagnostic services.
The telehealth space was hot in 2020 and Conversion Labs (CVLB) is playing perfectly into this trend. The company is quickly ramping up some new direct-to-consumer subscription services while building a telehealth platform for future products. The stock is appealing here after a notable firm made a bullish case on the stock.