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Virtual Healthcare: Your Telehealth Questions Answered by a Doctor

American Well

Estimates suggest that half to three-quarters of Americans are interested in online consults, and I’d expect this number to grow as more patients have access to telehealth services and as more doctors offer such services to patients. Consider the national average wait time to see a doctor of 18.5

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Virtual Healthcare: Your Telehealth Questions Answered by a Doctor

American Well

Estimates suggest that half to three-quarters of Americans are interested in online consults, and I’d expect this number to grow as more patients have access to telehealth services and as more doctors offer such services to patients. Consider the national average wait time to see a doctor of 18.5

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Zealous for Wellness: How to Replace Hype with Data

Healthcare IT Today

Particularly pertinent to the Healthcare IT Today blog, wellness is a goal promised by many digital apps. As mentioned by Erica Kraus, a partner specializing in value-based care at Sheppard Mullin , the actions of a single clinical institution in the U.S. Do these programs give us what we seek?

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Health Care for a Typical Working Family of Four in America Will Cost $28,166 in 2018

Health Populi

Welcome to this year’s edition of the Milliman Medical Index (MMI), one of the most important forecasts of the year in the world of the Health Populi blog and THINK-Health universe. Or a year of healthcare for a family of four? Last year’s rate of growth was 4.6%.