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Telehealth

In an MIT Technology Review analysis, writer Christina Farr questions whether virtual healthcare services will soon see a disproportionate number of users with health anxiety — and, if so, whether telehealth companies have an ethical responsibility to address this.

A new study from Rand Corp. found that because direct-to-consumer telehealth services often initiate new use of medical services, they could drive up medical spending instead of decreasing it.

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