“Americans could soon be able to see a doctor without getting out of bed, in a modern-day version of the house call that takes place over the Web.
OptumHealth, a division of UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer, plans to offer NowClinic, a service that connects patients and doctors using video chat, nationwide next year. It is introducing it state by state, starting with Texas, but not without resistance from state medical associations.”
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Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times, 20 December 2009
Abstract (Walker 2009)
