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Telemedicine and the Tools of Care


At the Spotlight Health event at the Aspen Ideas Festival last month I had the privledge of speaking on a panel moderated by Steve Clemons. We focused on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act and costs of healthcare in America. It prompted some thoughts about my dad’s medical practice many  years ago. Dad had a DeSoto, and that car took him to many house calls over the years. Of course a DeSoto isn’t the practice of medicine. It was simply a tool Dad used to meet his patients where they were. I think telemedicine is the same kind of tool, one that makes care infinitely better for patients.

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