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Live at HLTH: A Value-Based Model of Virtual Primary Care—featuring Dr. Tom X. Lee

Episode Summary

On this episode, Dr. Lee joins host Dr. Jordan Shlain to discuss how patients access the Galileo app, describing how it either functions as your primary care physician or adjunct to your PCP. Dr. Lee explains how his team recruits the physicians that staff Galileo and explores which medical conditions require a relationship with the provider—and which ones do not.

Episode Notes

Imagine having 24/7 access to your primary care physician.

 

Doctors and patients alike are frustrated with the current model of rushed visits and disconnected care. But what if there is a better way? What if we leverage a combination of virtual and in-person support to deliver a new model of value-based care?

 

Dr. Tom X. Lee is CEO of Galileo, a next-generation healthcare delivery system that uses innovative mobile technology to improve the quality and affordability of medical care for all.

 

Prior to Galileo, Dr. Lee helped grow One Medical into a leading primary care group with more than 70 locations across the United States.

 

On this episode, Dr. Lee joins host Dr. Jordan Shlain to discuss how patients access the Galileo app, describing how it either functions as your primary care physician or adjunct to your PCP.

 

Dr. Lee explains how his team recruits the physicians that staff Galileo and explores which medical conditions require a relationship with the provider—and which ones do not.

 

Listen in for Dr. Lee’s advice for other healthcare entrepreneurs and learn how virtual primary care, when done right, can both improve quality and lower the cost of care.

 

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Connect with Dr. Tom X. Lee

Galileo

 

Connect with Dr. Jordan Shlain

HLTH

Dr. Shlain on Twitter

Dr. Shlain on LinkedIn

 

Resources

One Medical