Lack of Convenience in Healthcare Hinders Patients from Receiving Treatment
Throughout the last several decades, heightened awareness of both the efficiency and the convenience of services have become a priority for consumers. The more readily available and less disruptive the proposed solution to my problem, the more likely I am to pursue the option in front of me.
The same goes with healthcare. For preventative care, non-life-threatening concerns, and many lower levels of behavioral health treatments, the less disruptive to my current lifestyle such care is, the more likely I am to pursue, or at least assess, the treatment options available to me.
I can’t help but ask how a doctor’s appointment at a physical location for a condition that can be treated remotely is either efficient or convenient? It’s often not, which is why, for example, nearly 2/3 of people with mental health disorders fail to receive any form of treatment for their condition. ²