The pandemic changed the way different industries were run – a notable one being the healthcare industry. Telemedicine and telehealth have been booming as a result. Telehealth is a $20+ billion dollar industry – one that is expected to reach by $186.5 billion by 2026. Just why are telehealth and telemedicine on such a growth run? What is the difference between telehealth and telemedicine? Learn these answers and more in the visual deep dive on the booming business of telemedicine below:
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COVID-19 has caused non-emergency medical services to close down for several weeks – this has made people start turning to online alternatives and start to utilize virtual appointments and telehealth services. In March 2020 alone, the Cleveland Clinic logged over 18 times their normal average monthly telemedicine visits – an astounding 60,000 visits were recorded. Numbers across the board of telehealth are skyrocketing. Zipnosis, over the course of 11 days in just February, saw a 3,600% increase in virtual visits, CareClix, which has over 20 million users, in March alone as a 50% rise in usage. Nearly a century before