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Virtual Healthcare: Your Telehealth Questions Answered by a Doctor

American Well

To date, health care ‘transactions’ have only occurred at the intersection of a physical location and the supply of available clinicians. Over the last several years , a number of studies have shown that patients are rapidly warming to the concept of interacting with doctors online. The industry can do better.

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Virtual Healthcare: Your Telehealth Questions Answered by a Doctor

American Well

To date, health care ‘transactions’ have only occurred at the intersection of a physical location and the supply of available clinicians. Over the last several years , a number of studies have shown that patients are rapidly warming to the concept of interacting with doctors online. The industry can do better.

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Algorithms v's Privacy : health information is being sold and turned into ‘risk scores’

Lloyd Price

The HIPAA privacy law of the late 1990s restricted how doctors share patient information, and Schatz says “online companies should be required to do the same.” The company offers to provide a list of high-risk patients to payers, who can hand the relevant information to clinicians. A bill from Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.),