This Week's Challenge: Healthcare is leaning on videoconferencing more than ever to monitor discharged patients, conduct remote consultations and facilitate communication, according to responses to a recent Telehealth Survey by the Healthcare Intelligence Network. We wanted to see what the top barriers are to telehealth.

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This chart is sponsored by: Virtual Multi-Specialty Physician Network: A Payor-Provider Collaborative.

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Editor: Patricia Surdovel, [email protected];
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