LG TVs Now Have a Built-in Health Platform (theverge.com) 22
All 2021 and 2022 LG smart TVs will be equipped with a health education and telehealth app from the senior-focused health platform Independa, the company announced today. The platform will allow users to set up and have telehealth appointments through their TV. From a report: While telehealth visits via apps on smartphones and computers have become normal for many patients during the pandemic, using a TV-sized screen to see a doctor can be helpful for people with eyesight issues, says Kian Saneii, Independa's founder and CEO. It also makes it easier for doctors to ask people to stand up or show more of their body during the visit. "You can't hold your phone out far enough to show the right thing," he says. "Versus on the TV, you can walk around, you can bend your arm -- the actual engagement becomes more effective." Users have to set up separate accounts with the on-demand doctor and dentist services on the Independa platform, and they're prompted to do so through a QR code. Some people might be able to have their visit covered by insurance, but right now, most patients will pay a flat fee -- $75 for a dentist's call and around $55 for a doctor, Saneii says. That could be a barrier to some users. On-demand telehealth programs also often don't connect back to patients' medical records, which could make it difficult to pass information from those visits back to their regular doctors. Further reading: Samsung is Putting NFTs in Its Smart TVs.
Big Hacker Brother is Watching You (Score:2)
Orwell lives
Re: Big Brother is Already Watching You (Score:1)
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How in hell is a TV visit to a Dentist going to work?
The app comes with a set of tools and a mirror. :-)
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The Nigerian Prince says he can guide me during my root canal. What a nice Prince!
More things to "know" about you (Score:4, Insightful)
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Your insurance company wants to know that. Because they want to get as much mileage out of the "claim denied" rubber stamp as they possibly can (seriously).
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Only Inner Party members are allowed to turn their telescreens off.
Re: LG TVs Now Have a Built-in... (Score:3)
To think they turned their telescreens off, you mean
Old fashon works too (Score:2)
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Fax? How quaint.
Fax is going the way of the Dodo.
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OP is correct. Faxing medical info is still a thing, you know, for security.
Turn it off. (Score:3)
If you want to improve your health, turn off the TV and start walking. #FTFY
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Some people do walk on treadmills while watching TVs. :P
Cross LG off the list (Score:1)
A TV with a camera is a nonstarter.
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Since the advent of 'Smart TV's it has been difficult to find TV's without a camera or microphone.
It's called an HDMI monitor and a ATSC tuner.
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This.
My Sony TV Bravia 80" tv is used 0% of the time with it's digital tuner, about 70% of the time with Netflix and 30% of the time with Youtube.
I would be perfectly happy if they ditched all the other crap features on it and just made those work well - but no, the built in apps suck so I use an old laptop with it.
I will never ever buy a tv with a built in mic, let alone a built in camera. It's a feature I have zero use for. If I ever did want a camera attached, I'd rather add my own and be able to positi
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Since the advent of 'Smart TV's it has been difficult to find TV's without a camera or microphone. Just make sure that the [redacted][redacted] device can't connect to your network and thus the internet.
That only works until they start putting cellular modems into smart TV's the way they're currently doing with cars. At that point, unless you can get a truly non-smart set your options will be to suck it up, live in a Faraday cage, or pick up tools to rip the fscking modem out, and hope the damn set still works when it can't contact the mother ship.