Online portals deliver scary health news before doctors can weigh in. (WaPo)
A blood test can predict the risk of developing more than 60 diseases.
Being an Olympic host is expensive. Inevitable cost overruns are even more expensive.
Category: Telemedicine
Monday Links
- What do Democrats have against marriage?
- California Blocks Life-Sustaining Telehealth Treatment.
- Raj Chetty, et. al.: For children in the U.S. born between 1978 and 1992, income class gaps grew and race gaps shrank, and similarly for non-monetary outcomes such as educational attainment, standardized test scores, and mortality rates.
- “Every attorney general fights for state power and police prerogatives. It’s part of the job. But over and over again, [Kamala] Harris went beyond the call of duty, fighting for harsher sentences, larger bail requirements, longer prison terms, more prosecution of petty crimes, greater criminal justice involvement in low-income and minority communities, less due process for people in the system, less transparency, and less accountability for bad cops.”
- “The cost of wearing a mask for two weeks, for me personally, is higher than the benefit of a 3% reduction in the risk of getting a cold.”
- Expanding scope of practice authority for dental hygienists: “Overall the effects were modest but the individuals who benefited most from this policy change were lower income individuals.”
Social Medicine: Would You Attend Interactive Group Therapy on YouTube?
Surveys going back 20 years have consistently found that more than 100 million Americans search online for health information annually. Google reports there are roughly 70,000 health related searches every minute. One article even claimed doctors use Google and YouTube to learn about disease and conditions they treat.
What Patients See in the Background of a Telemedicine Visit Matters Too
Americans have gotten used to seeing their doctors and other health care providers using telehealth video visits in the past four years. But a new study reveals that what a doctor has behind them during a telehealth visit can make a difference in how the patient feels about them and their care.