According to an article by Accenture, virtual health offers a way of bending the cost curve without expanding the health workforce by shifting some work to patients, replacing labor with technology, and automating tasks.
The article can be accessed at https://www.accenture.com/t20160516T012309__w__/us-en/_acnmedia/Accenture/Conversion-Assets/DotCom/Documents/Global/PDF/Dualpub_22/Accenture-Virtual-Health-The-Untapped-Opportunity-to-Get-the-Most-out-of-Healthcare.pdf#zoom=50.