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Amazon launch Amazon Care service offering Mobile Video Consults with Primary Care Physicians & Nurses

mHealth Insight

This isn’t the first experience they have of trying to run a healthcare service for employees as in 2013 at Zappos.com (a subsidiary since it was acquired in 2009) they launched TurnTable Health as a ‘next generation primary care clinic’ for staff next door to their huge office in downtown Las Vegas.

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Two Forms of Telemedicine: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

Lloyd Price

" An mHealth Intelligence article notes, "Real-time telehealth provides timely care, especially in emergencies or urgent situations, and maintains the concept of the doctor-patient relationship by enabling a face-to-face analysis and treatment. ."

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“Apple announces effortless solution bringing health records to iPhone”

mHealth Insight

mHealth Insights. At scale Apple should start supporting the training of Medics so that they can help the Patients and Carers who they have now empowered with information ( plenty of tips about that in the mHealth for Healthcare Professionals course that I developed for the Healthcare Informatics Society ).

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