concierge medicine

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Medicast illustrates the bittersweet trend of concierge care

Silicon Valley-based Medicast is tapping into an emerging trend among healthcare startups: concierge care with housecalls. Housecalls used to be common practice, but now it’s available if you can pay extra for it. Here’s how it works. Patients submit a request on its website or through a mobile app, or a call center. The system […]

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Startups make on-demand and concierge healthcare reasonable for the rest of us

Grand Rounds is one of many healthcare startups bringing on-demand, concierge-like services once reserved for the ultra-rich to the middle class - similar to what tech outfits like Google, Amazon, Uber, and Lyft have done for personal shopping and transportation. These budding companies offer basic access to medical advice, appointments and other assistance. Some operate regionally, others nationally. Their services and prices vary substantially—but all aim to fill gaps in the existing health care system, in part by using the Internet.

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Cut-rate concierge medicine? One Medical resorts to discounting

Good stuff, cheap I have mixed views about concierge medicine. On the one hand I like the idea of higher service levels for patients and the ability for doctors to practice medicine the way they think is right without feeling like hamsters on a wheel. But overall I’m pretty skeptical. I’m worried that concierge medicine […]