The Journal of mHealth Vol 2 Issue 2 (Apr 2015) | Page 7

Connections in Digital Health: An Interview with ATA CEO Jon Linkous
“I draw a parallel, to this, with the changes
that we have seen in the banking industry
over many years. With introduction of
ATMs and card payments, you no longer
had to go to the teller to get your cheque
cashed, and when this was first introduced there was considerable scepticism
from the public. But, now the technology is so entrenched that you wouldn’t
go to a bank anymore that didn’t offer
access to an ATM, and I think that the
same thing is happening in healthcare. I
think that consumers, within the next 5
years, will step up and they are going to
demand that their own providers, hospitals and primary care physicians, all have
some form of electronic access. That is
just a convenient way of providing care.”
What are the major considerations
for the industry over the near
future?

with a video consultation, and there are
some doing it using a phone conversation. Finally, there are al 6