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Impact on Exam Rooms Needed
Excluding COVID-19 hot zones, numerous emergency departments have Assuming no changes
experienced volume declines of 50% or more since the beginning of the to patient panel
year.* Many of the patients no longer presenting to the ED are the low-
acuity patients we’ve been trying to redirect to primary care and urgent sizes, the average
care for years. While this wasn’t the motivation we anticipated using to six-provider family
drive the shift, the momentum is in place, and it’s up to providers, insurers, medicine practice
and regulators to provide the incentives to keep it going.
needs one fewer
Assuming the momentum continues, our ambulatory care clinics clinic exam room
and urgent care centers will see increased demand. However, these for every 10%* shift
ambulatory sites will see only a small portion of that demand in their of volume to virtual
physical clinics, because we believe telehealth, in all forms, will change visits.
current care delivery forever.
*Source: Catalyst
* Source confidential client
