The medical app industry is a big business, but the apps are no longer the product – the physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers who use them are. In the first part of this series, we examined some of the financial forces driving the medical app industry. Our focus then was Epocrates, the veritable founder […]
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Why “free” Epocrates and Medscape aren’t really free medical apps for Physicians
Medical apps are a big business, but not because of the apps. In this two-part series, we look at how the physicians who use these apps became the product.
New Telemedicine service concerning abortion sets off storm of controversy in Iowa
A new Iowa program that extends abortion services to remote areas is raising a controversy that could define the extent of the patient physician relationship in regards to telemedicine.