#caretalk Podcast

In this month's episode of #CareTalk, David Williams (Health Business Group) and John Driscoll (CareCentrix) discuss Amazon Alexa's healthcare skills, the Measles outbreak and much more. Overview: (0:30) Amazon finally added Alexa "healthcare skills" and made them HIPAA-compliant. What's the big deal? (3:32) Measles is coming back. How did this happen? (5:24) Are suicides among older people in institutions a major phenomenon or is something else going on? (8:54) Is there any new evidence about the benefits of healing at home? (10:55) Medicare's insulin costs rose 840 percent in the last decade. What gives? (11:25) Last month we said Lyft was touting improving social determinants of health as a value proposition for its IPO. How's that working out? (12:01) What does the Mueller report tell us about healthcare? (12:22) Will the Red Sox repeat as World Series champs? Subscribe to the #CareTalk Podcast iTunes: https://apple.co/2DIDTcr Google Play: https://bit.ly/2RobqMB Watch this episode on YouTube: https: