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Second opinions improve patient outcomes

By Greg Burrell, MD | July 28, 2021

Second opinions are mutually beneficial for patients and doctors alike, and the availability of a second opinion has become exponentially easier in recent years due to changes in virtual medicine.

Despite the many benefits of second opinions in the medical setting, patients have underutilized them for years. This could all be about to change in the face of new research and advances in telehealth. Read more on how second opinions cut the rate of diagnostics error and improve health outcomes in this article by Greg Burrell.

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