Eric Topol
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But I checked the scripts, and it turns out there was this kind of like the Columbo of dermatology.
You can solve any mystery.
And the patient went to see him, and he was diagnosed in about a minute that he had scabies.
And he was treated and completely recovered after having thousands and thousands of dollars
you know, of all these workups at these leading medical centers that you would expect they can make a diagnosis of scabies, right?
Yeah, I mean, you might expect it more in somebody who was homeless, perhaps, but that doesn't mean it can't happen in anyone.
Sure.
And it was, you know, within the first few minutes, he did a scrape and showed the patient under the microscope and made a definitive diagnosis.
And
The patient to this day is still trying to pay all his bills for all these biopsies and drugs and whatnot, and very upset that he went through all this for over a year and he thought he wanted to die.
It was so bad.
Now, I had never heard of included health, you know, and you have now links with a third of the Fortune 100 companies.
So what do you do with these companies?
So I guess there's a kind of multidimensional approach that you're describing.
For one, you can help find a doctor that's the right doctor for the right patient.
And you're also actually providing medical services too, right?
That's right.
So you have, are these physicians who are employed by Included Health?
Is that all through virtual visits or are there physical visits as well?
Now, how is that different than Teladoc and all these other telehealth-based companies?