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Originally Posted by PugMom
Bingo! someone finally said it
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Yep
Telehealth has already been fingered for leaking personal health information to 3rd parties.
The whole premise is absurd in any case. No competent physician could ever reliably diagnose a patient through a remote app. (Any medical doctors here should chime in.)
It's another example of "technology" out of control, technology that continues to depersonalize us and remove us from any common sense or reason. And you can bet that the driving motivation is cheaper cost for providers while at the same time never translating into anything but higher costs for patients.
I was recently offered a Telehealth physical therapy evaluation for an injury I suffered doing yard work. I said, "
no, no, no, I don't Telehealth any more." And so I did my evaluation at the facility instead.
Good grief! Anyway, that's my Saturday soapbox.