New Jersey Leads the Telework Revolution with Pilot Program
Improve workplace equity, reduce carbon footprints, bridge the pay gap, and strengthen communities: Teleworking?
Across the United States and around the world, the smart money is tirelessly trying to harness the many changes still being wrought by COVID-19 to serve the public good.
Recent advancements in Telemedicine are one excellent example.
The concept of universal healthcare is very appealing: The reality in the U.S. is a severe shortage of doctors, nurses, and other qualified medical professionals. If every American had health insurance tomorrow, there wouldn’t be adequate medical staff to treat them.
Telemedicine, expanded during the COVID19 crisis, has offered one way to bridge that particular gap.
With telemedicine, medical professionals have the opportunity to treat more patients. Telemedicine also helps mitigate a major barrier that prevents many people from receiving the vital health care services they need because they live too far away, have accessibility challenges, or lack reliable transportation.
A rising tide of telework opportunities could prove as big a boon to other industries, companies and organizations as telemedicine expansion is likely to be for the healthcare industry.