2026 healthcare trends: Improving access to specialty care is becoming critical

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Long wait times are keeping employees from necessary care
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  • Key Insight: Learn how specialty telehealth reduces wait times and restores employee productivity.
  • What’s at Stake: Long specialist delays could increase costs, absenteeism and workforce disengagement.
  • Expert Quote: “Faster specialist access improves outcomes and work performance,” Bryson Tombridge, Tono Health.
  • Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

This is part of a series on healthcare trend predictions for 2026. Read part 1 here.

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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