The world of healthcare is always burdened with the problems of untimely access to care, global coverage gaps, shortage of care providers, and disorganization leaving millions unattended. The pandemics focused attention on telehealth and telemedicine services which now stand as a major solution. Hospitals in the U.S have started to offer virtual care services. However, these solutions are not sustainable until there is solid and flexible technology infrastructure in place. Microsoft PowerApps enables healthcare organizations to develop custom tailored telehealth platforms that fill the systemic gaps while improving patient outcomes. In this blog, we discuss how PowerApps can be leveraged to build transformational telehealth tools that address the requirements of contemporary healthcare.

Common Healthcare Gaps in Telehealth

The following are still gaps in telehealth that remain unaddressed despite the technology’s many possibilities and prospects: 

• Geographic Disparities: 20% of Americans live in rural areas and there is also a lack of specialists and even telemedicine service facilities. Simply obtaining a telehealth solution consultation can take several hours of travel, and this can greatly delay care that is time sensitive.

• Provider Resistance: Most clinicians consider the use of telehealth to be an inferior substitute to traditional face-to-face consultations, especially when it comes to diagnosis capability. Many also feel heightened risk of malpractice when using telehealth services.

• Fragmented Systems: Administrative silos caused by outdated EHR systems and billing software that do not communicate with one another block the flow of telehealth data.

• Digital Divide: Society’s economically disadvantaged and elderly patients do not have the devices or their online connections makes attending virtual visits difficult.

• Regulatory and Reimbursement Issues: Variations in telehealth regulations and reimbursement policies across regions create uncertainty for providers and patients.​

• Regulatory Compliance: It is essential and can be very difficult to ensure strict regulation compliant telehealth solutions, for example with HIPAA in the States. Breaches safeguard regulations can cause legal challenges and erode valuable patient trust.
  
  Read More :-  https://megamindstechnologies.com/blog/addressing-healthcare-gaps-how-powerapps-facilitates-telehealth-solutions/