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Post by babaoriley on May 27, 2017 17:19:40 GMT -5
This is a very interesting discussion on teledocs and telemedicine. And IsMyRetirementPlan mentioned the Skype aspect.
I can shed a little light on this tele stuff. You know, you see TV ads and internet ads all the time for, well, lonely people who are just looking for a little "conversation." I have no idea if those people are licensed or not, but they can be helpful, and you can request either male of female "conversationalists" (although some of the females have fairly deep voices, what's that all about?). In one important way, they remind me of psychoanalysts, who, of course, are licensed and probably make more per hour. The similarity is, that when your time is up, it is up then and there, even if you're in the middle of a great "conversation." All of a sudden, you find yourself talking to yourself!
Just thought I'd share something I found analogous into the thread.
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Post by dreamboatcruise on May 27, 2017 17:25:03 GMT -5
This is a very interesting discussion on teledocs and telemedicine. And IsMyRetirementPlan mentioned the Skype aspect. I can shed a little light on this tele stuff. You know, you see TV ads and internet ads all the time for, well, lonely people who are just looking for a little "conversation." I have no idea if those people are licensed or not, but they can be helpful, and you can request either male of female "conversationalists" (although some of the females have fairly deep voices, what's that all about?). In one important way, they remind me of psychoanalysts, who, of course, are licensed and probably make more per hour. The similarity is, that when your time is up, it is up then and there, even if you're in the middle of a great "conversation." All of a sudden, you find yourself talking to yourself! Just thought I'd share something I found analogous into the thread. I've heard it isn't purely limited to "tele"... sometimes they have actual "offices" or make "house calls". Just goes to show insurance coverage isn't always needed for a successful business model. geez Baba... you seem to often drag us to a certain level of discourse
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Post by lennymnkd on May 27, 2017 18:01:40 GMT -5
Oh ! By the the way Tdoc @ 52 week high ... hmmm
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Post by peppy on May 27, 2017 18:17:52 GMT -5
it isn't exactly teledoc, I believe ambulances can have communication with intensivists if the clinician needs orders.
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Post by akemp3000 on May 27, 2017 18:49:13 GMT -5
There are certainly battles to fight such as spirometry testing, state regulations and the resistance of doctors. That said, big money and technology rules so I'm betting Amazon, Apple and a few others will win the war. The bigger question is how long will it take? Knowing Apple recently hired 200 PHDs to pioneer health innovations and Amazon is moving into drug deliveries, it probably won't take long. Hopefully One Drop and Mannkind will be very important players.
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Post by dreamboatcruise on May 27, 2017 19:07:27 GMT -5
Oh ! By the the way Tdoc @ 52 week high ... hmmm It's also burning a lot of cash and heavily shorted... hmmm Was considering investing, but I'm not sure I know enough about the situation to gauge whether they will end up being a profitable winner in the space. I would have thought that they would be closer to profitability than they seem, though they do have a hefty amount of cash on hand.
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Post by casualinvestor on May 30, 2017 8:56:46 GMT -5
There are certainly battles to fight such as spirometry testing. In most places in the US, (or at least in NY), anyone with a script can go to Quest Labs and get tests done. Blood draw appointments are in 10-15 minute time slots and really only take 5 minutes total, including chit-chat. They are very efficient. Would a spirometry test would be any harder? Teledoc writes script for test, person gets test, the testing lab sends results to teledoc. On to the next step. Who pays for that test might be an issue, but it's a $50 test (According to Health Care Blue Book). This should not be a big hurdle. From reading press releases I believe that One-Drop not going to try to get reimbursement from insurance companies. So it's going to be a service for the self/high-deductible insured, or the "rich"
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Post by lakon on May 31, 2017 6:50:59 GMT -5
There are certainly battles to fight such as spirometry testing. In most places in the US, (or at least in NY), anyone with a script can go to Quest Labs and get tests done. Blood draw appointments are in 10-15 minute time slots and really only take 5 minutes total, including chit-chat. They are very efficient. Would a spirometry test would be any harder? Teledoc writes script for test, person gets test, the testing lab sends results to teledoc. On to the next step. Who pays for that test might be an issue, but it's a $50 test (According to Health Care Blue Book). This should not be a big hurdle. From reading press releases I believe that One-Drop not going to try to get reimbursement from insurance companies. So it's going to be a service for the self/high-deductible insured, or the "rich" FEV1 spirometry is cheap and easy. I would figure out a way to provide it as a built-in feature to a mobile phone attached device/app combination, like the breathometer. The device should be highly integrated to support various diagnostic features. The future is JIT Digital Triage. Also, consider that there is talk about BLUHALE integration. WRT Epi, I also thought that a good integrated device combo would include a mouth-to-mouth insufflation device... www.breathometer.com/To clarify relevance to the thread, Amazon could expand into HEALTH PRIME services that tie AWS, IoT, deep data, diagnostics, and community medicine into an integrated insurance health care plan. At some point, Amazon becomes the gatekeeper (i.e., the insurance company to rule them all -- not that I want this at all). Insurance companies pretend to be far more complex than they really need to be. The fact is they can be replaced by algorithms to govern an open and transparent system solution that is inherently fair. You may be unlucky, but at least, the rules would be equal to all.
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