STAT November 8, 2019
Megan Thielking

TAMPA, Fla. — The bright blue box isn’t big. But squeezed inside it, there’s a video conferencing system, cutting-edge cameras, and a highly secured vault.

There’s also a blood pressure cuff, a scale, and a few paper bags for good measure, in case anyone inside gets sick.

The pod — it looks something like an oversized phone booth — is a free-standing telehealth clinic, stocked with all the instruments a virtual practitioner might need to diagnose run-of-the-mill illnesses or dole out common prescriptions. On the wall, there’s a roughly 3-foot-tall video screen where a nurse practitioner can pop up for a chat. There’s a high-resolution camera on a cord, waiting to drop down from the ceiling if a provider needs...

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