“Few years have ever tested the endurance, skill, and resolve of the Military Health System like 2020. For 10 seemingly endless months, the COVID-19 pandemic has besieged the United States and military providers continue to defend the medical front lines every day. The fight won’t end with the new year. We must continue to do all we can to ensure the health and safety of our beneficiaries, providers, and frontline health care workers in 2021 and thereafter.”
“Looking back on all we as a community have been through and learned, I suggest MHS providers keep an eye on these five digital health trends in 2021:
- The COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the need for virtual health, especially for tele-critical care: The COVID-19 pandemic response catapulted virtual health to a prominent role in the delivery of health care to our beneficiaries in the Department of Defense and the U.S. health care system as a whole. Through enterprise-wide processes, technology, and training, the Defense Health Agency has supported a local, regional, and global multi-tiered virtual health response that continues to sustain care while keeping beneficiaries and health care teams safe…”
- Virtual health will catalyze conversations about the future of health care delivery: The many lessons learned from the COVID-19 response make it clear that virtual health will become an increasingly important and integral part of MHS care delivery for the foreseeable future. DHA is planning to ensure beneficiaries and care teams get the digital tools and support they need for high-quality care, anytime and anywhere…”
- The DHA transition and MHS GENESIS implementation will encourage standardization, optimization, and innovation: At the same time as COVID-19 and virtual health radically reshape the health care landscape, the MHS continues its own major transformation establishing…” Read the full article here.
Source: Five digital health trends military medical providers should watch for in 2021 – By Dr. Simon Pincus, December 14, 2020. DVIDS.
