The supply, demand and yield of telehealth

Digital health titans Teladoc Health and Livongo are merging under the Teladoc name, CMS proposes telehealth changes under Trump's executive order, and the Taskforce on Telehealth Policy holds a town hall to solicit public input.

The Indian government has advocated the use of digital tools to accelerate virtual care, including telehealth, and address the shortage of hospital beds, says professor Krishnan Ganapathy, director of Apollo Telehealth Services, India.

Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, says the convenience of telehealth will increase utilization, which will result in increased spending -- but that obvious finding has generated some controversy.