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Artificial intelligence-driven cost estimation tools and telehealth are addressing patient care gaps and improving care access while lowering total costs for employee groups, says Robin Glass, president of Included Health.

Follow-up appointments, transitional care when there’s the risk of readmission, benefit patients and can be done by telehealth, says Dr. Matthew Thompson, an ER physician and the CEO and cofounder of Telescope Health.

Predictions on telemedicine and remote patient monitoring technologies and reimbursement for the year ahead from Brandi Clark, vice president, digital care, OSF OnCall, at Illinois health system OSF HealthCare.