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First connected health service in Malaysia launched

Healthcare It News

Based on a press release, it offers services in six areas of care, which initially include: HomeConnect - nursing service at home; TeleConnect - telemedicine service for medical inquiries and clinic appointments; and SeniorConnect - remote monitoring service for senior patients.

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What Would Healthcare Feel Like If It Acted Like Supermarkets – the 2018 Temkin Experience Ratings

Health Populi

Industry can partner with them: consider telehealth at the grocery store, HSA fund management with a bank, medical tourism and wellness channeled through a favorite hotel chain, or prescription drugs delivered by, say, Amazon and the U.S. Postal Service. On this note, it is timely that Temkin calls this the “Year of Humanity.”

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Prescription Drugs in the Pandemic, Year 2: Pricing Rx and Going Direct-to-Consumer

Health Populi

There is one health care public policy issue that unites U.S. voters across political party: that is the consumer-facing costs of prescription drugs.