Anna Borges of the New York Times writes: Multitasking is just the way many of us live. How often do you text while stuck in traffic, lose track of a podcast while doing chores, or flutter between the news and your inbox?
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From the New York Times: Insurance companies have long blamed private-equity-owned hospitals and physician groups for exorbitant billing that drives up health care costs. But a tool backed by private equity is helping insurers make billions of dollars and shift costs to patients.
Forensic psychiatrist Patricia R. Recupero, JD, MD offers an extensive examination in light of Daubert of the increased use of telepsychology and telepsychology in forensic examinations
She notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased demand for telepsychiatric services. To date, courts have not addressed whether testimony based on a telepsychiatric...