Yes, Outsourcing

Last week in my session, From Strategic Planning To Tech Strategy – How To Select, Implement, & Leverage The Technology Your Organization Needs To Succeed,at the Florida Conference on Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health, the discussion about the potential of e-health to transform behavioral health treatment was punctuated by the question: “If we have e-health, won’t we have outsourcing? Won’t we start having mental health and addiction treatment services delivered by professionals in other countries?”

My answer to that is “yes” – it is inevitable. The “disruption” of e-health to the health and human service . . .