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June 11, 2015

The doctor is in... your smartphone, or laptop

  • Experts say technology and customer demand are fueling a rapid expansion of telemedicine into everyday care the family doctor used to handle.
    • By TOM MURPHY
    AP Business Writer

    Millions of people will be able to see a doctor on their smartphones or laptops for everyday ailments once the nation's largest drugstore chain and two major insurers expand a budding push into virtual health care.

    Walgreens said Wednesday that it will offer a smartphone application that links doctor and patients virtually in 25 states by the end of the year. That growth comes as UnitedHealth Group and the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer Anthem prepare to make their own non-emergency telemedicine services available to about 40 million more people by next year.


     
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