Healthcare via Video Chat

07/03/19 • 37 min

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

In this episode, Shannon Palus explores the growing telehealth industry, where doctors and patients connect via video chat or sometimes just a secure message system. To figure out the benefits and potential drawbacks of telehealth, Shannon talks to Roy Schoenberg, president and CEO of American Well, one of the first big players in the space.

Then Shannon talks to Slate writer Aaron Mak in this week’s edition of Don’t Close My Tabs.

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