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One aspect of healthcare that has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic is the use of telehealth. Telehealth is used for everything from remote patient monitoring to routine appointments as healthcare delivery transitions toward a patient-centric model. Additionally, with the onset of the COVID-19 virus, HDOs commonly rely on videoconferencing for routine outpatient visits. Telehealth can dramatically bolster efforts to reduce patient exposure to other patients, staff members, and vulnerable populations if utilized effectively. It can also deliver needed care to individuals with mild symptoms in their homes while slowing the spread of a deadly virus. 

These advances in technology coupled with cloud computing have brought us to the point where we now have enormous data sets. These data sets can be used with big data analytics to manage population health, predict health trends, and manage pandemics, as shown with the COVID-19 response. This data analysis can lead to patient outcomes.