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Genetic Testing and Life Insurance

>> June 7, 2020

It’s illegal for health insurers to use genetic testing to discriminate against policyholders. However, life insurers can and do discriminate on that basis if the test is in your medical file. Private testing lets patients know their risk for many diseases …

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Big Data and Healthcare (2018)

>> March 18, 2018

Big data is changing almost every aspect of modern-day life. Healthcare is one of the most recent adopters of big data collection and analytics. Paddy Padmanabhan, a healthcare IT expert and CEO of Damo Consulting, says over the past 10 years health records …

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Digitizing Medicine

>> June 14, 2015

Digital technology has revolutionized many industries, but medicine has lagged behind. One of the nation’s most influential doctors discusses why the shift hasn’t occurred yet, what the consequences are, and what it will take to bring health care …

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