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Eric Topol

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

But I checked the scripts, and it turns out there was this kind of like the Columbo of dermatology.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

You can solve any mystery.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

And the patient went to see him, and he was diagnosed in about a minute that he had scabies.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

And he was treated and completely recovered after having thousands and thousands of dollars

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

you know, of all these workups at these leading medical centers that you would expect they can make a diagnosis of scabies, right?

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

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.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

Sure.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

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.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

And

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

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.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

It was so bad.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

Now, I had never heard of included health, you know, and you have now links with a third of the Fortune 100 companies.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

So what do you do with these companies?

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

So I guess there's a kind of multidimensional approach that you're describing.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

For one, you can help find a doctor that's the right doctor for the right patient.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

And you're also actually providing medical services too, right?

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

That's right.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

So you have, are these physicians who are employed by Included Health?

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

Is that all through virtual visits or are there physical visits as well?

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

Now, how is that different than Teladoc and all these other telehealth-based companies?