MedCity News June 16, 2019
Companies ranging from American Well to Comcast to Independence Blue Cross are looking to the television sets in people’s home as a healthcare delivery method.
Nielsen estimates that around 120 million American households have a TV, which amounts to around 96 percent of the country having access to television content.
That near-ubiquitous distribution has inspired some companies to think of the technology as a potential avenue to deliver healthcare.
Case in point, telemedicine provider American Well has teamed up with Cisco Systems to use people’s television sets as a distribution points for their telehealth platform.
The new feature will be focused on senior care as well as patients with chronic diseases and turn the individual’s TV set up into a...
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