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Thanks to CVS, Aetna and Apple, virtual medicine is getting the marketing boost it needs

Telemedicine, or virtual medical consults by phone or video, has been the "next big thing" in health care for more than a decade. But year after year, countless studies have found that telemedicine companies are held back by a lack of awareness among consumers. Now, thanks to a marketing boost from behemoths like Apple, Aetna and CVS, telemedicine might finally take off Read More...

84-year-old doctor who refuses to use computer loses medical license

Aside from a fax machine and landline telephone, there isn’t much technology in the office of physician Anna Konopka, 84... Konopka said she felt forced to surrender her medical license in September after New Hampshire Board of Medicine officials challenged her record-keeping, prescribing practices and medical decision-making, according to court documents. She is specifically accused of leaving the dosage levels of a medication up to a young girl’s parent and failing to treat the girl with daily inhaled steroids. Read More...