Laura Purdy - Army physician to telehealth entrepreneur

Laura Purdy feels telehealth and digital health are the progression and future of healthcare. She sees healthcare as following the way the banking industry has evolved – we do almost everything remotely, rarely go to the bank and when we do its’ an inconvenience. If healthcare follows that trend, as technology is developed and adoption increases, it will get to the point where the first thing we think about in getting care is how do we do it digitally! After fourteen years as a military physician, Laura comes across circumstances every day where she finds herself reflecting back to people she knew, positions she had, decisions she needed to make, life lessons learned and the values of the military. She feels her military experience has had a tremendous positive impact on everything she does. In this podcast:Laura talks about some of the challenges life in the military can bringMaking he transition from military physician to telehealth entrepreneurThe future of telehealth.