Telehealth & Covid-19
RHTP & Consumer-Facing Digital Health:
Why Most Will Fail (And How Yours Won’t)
December 29, 2025 changed everything for rural health transformation. CMS awarded $50 billion across all 50 states through the Rural Health Transformation Program. States submitted their revised budgets. Now comes the hard part: Execution. [...]
Is Infrastructure Really What’s Holding Telehealth Back?
Recently, I came across a comprehensive analysis by Khandaker Sabit Bin Razzak examining telehealth adoption trends. His post — “Telehealth Adoption Trends: Why Scalable Digital Infrastructure Matters More Than Ever” — was packed with solid [...]
Using High-Tech to Enable High-Touch in Healthcare
Why Digital Health Adherence Requires Human Connection We have a digital health problem. And it's not the one you think. Billions are flowing into digital health tools. Tools such as wearables, remote monitoring devices, patient [...]
The Seven Pillars of Telehealth Value
Why after 30 years Telehealth is still Healthcare's Most Underutilized Strategic Asset Depending on who you ask, Telehealth (the “delivery of care at a distance”) goes back to the 1950s (transmitting an ECG), the 1960s (humans in space), or [...]
12 Telehealth-Powered Solutions for Overcoming 3 Common Healthcare Barriers for Patients
Telehealth has proven its value across a wide spectrum of care, but persistent barriers are keeping patients from taking full advantage of all that telehealth has to offer. Despite increasing adoption and broader acceptance of virtual care by many care [...]
Telehealth’s Role in Tailoring Prenatal Care
For almost a hundred years, prenatal care in the U.S. has followed a predictable rhythm: 12 to 14 in-person visits, spaced like clockwork, oftentimes regardless of a patient’s risk, resources, or preferences. But as digital tools become integral to modern [...]
Overcoming 7 Common Barriers to Telehealth Adoption
Telehealth has revolutionized access to care, but adoption remains uneven across populations and health settings. Despite years of progress and post-pandemic normalization, many patients and providers still face significant obstacles. This week, we examine the persistent barriers that hinder telehealth [...]
A Systems Approach to Solving
Rural America’s Healthcare Crisis
How telehealth can transform rural communities when deployed thoughtfully, comprehensively, and with deep respect for the people we serve. Rural healthcare isn't broken, it's systematically underserved — and now, in 2025, seemingly grossly underfunded. Yet still, Americans in rural communities [...]
Standardizing Telehealth Training
Start with strategy. Ground it in policy. Make workflows real. Then train. I was recently asked a thoughtful question based on a the collective insights of a group from about two dozen healthcare organizations: “What strategies have you seen work [...]















