Who will keep you healthy in Digital Age? The Medical Virtualist!

The Medical Virtualist! Is It Time for a New Medical Specialty? As per WHO, In 2015 there were an estimated 43 million global health workers, including physicians and nurses/midwives. Basis a threshold of 4.45 skilled health professionals per 1000 population, estimated needs-based shortage of health-care workers globally would be about 17.4 million of which almost 2.6 million are doctors and over 9 million are nurses and midwives. Available statistics show that over 44% of WHO Member States report to have less than 1 physician per 1000 population. Something dramatic needs to happen to address this issue. It seems the technology is coming to rescue here. There is a unique market opening up, driven by technology. It is making health care availability instant and access to the best of the resources from any where in the world. It is telehealth. it has the ability to address the top issues of Health care sector; Cost, Care Delivery, Innovation, Operations and Regulatory compliance.