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Are the benefits of telehealth a myth?

It sounds like a no-brainer. Don't force people with long-term health problems like diabetes or chronic lung disease to trek in to hospital for routine tests and repeat prescriptions - monitor their conditions remotely instead. That's the promise of "telehealth", where patients monitor their own conditions through home, or even wearable, devices hooked up to the internet. In theory, telehealth can cut the cost of care while at the same time improving its quality (for example, by letting doctors know about crucial changes when they happen, not at the patient's next appointment). That's a powerful argument for governments and health maintenance organisations grappling with the soaring cost of long-term…

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 How telehealth can get healthcare to more people

So if telehealth is such an obvious solution to the problem of healthcare access, why has it not been adopted as readily as the railroads were in the 1800s? There remain multiple barriers.

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