You Can Now Book Doctors Appointments Through The Samsung Health App

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways 

• Samsung Health users tin now book virtual doctors' visits.
• They tin besides negociate Walgreens prescriptions connected nan app.
• The virtual doctors tin prescribe medicine and supply care. 

You tin do much than way your sleep, steps, aliases rhythm connected Samsung's Health app. Samsung announced respective wellness integrations to link users pinch practitioners and pharmacies connected Wednesday. 

Starting Sept. 8, Samsung Health users tin schedule virtual visits pinch doctors and link to Walgreens pharmacies for medicine management. 

In business pinch virtual attraction session HealthTap, Samsung Health will now link users pinch doctors erstwhile they're looking for a faster replacement to an in-person doctor's visit. The caller characteristic lets Samsung users connection their virtual doctors successful betwixt video visits and same-day appointments. The property merchandise besides highlights its 365-day on-demand urgent care. 

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The wellness information that Samsung collects done its smartwatches and smart rings will not beryllium shared pinch doctors. But users tin return nan accusation Samsung collects, specified arsenic perchance concerning wellness trends for illustration debased slumber scores aliases slumber apnea indicators, and stock those pinch nan expert during their visit. Samsung Health's Wellness tips tin usage that accusation to promote users to book virtual visits, a spokesperson said. 

The doctors tin springiness attraction -- conscionable for illustration a superior attraction supplier -- and tin besides prescribe medicine for symptoms. 

Samsung users person been search their prescriptions done nan Samsung Health app, but they haven't been capable to link to medicine providers until now. The Walgreens integration changes that. Users tin track, compare, and negociate prescriptions straight successful nan Health app, putting their wellness and medicine records successful 1 place. 

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This is Samsung's latest move to create a "comprehensive system" that plays a portion successful each shape of a user's wellness journey, arsenic Samsung's Praveen Raja outlined astatine nan company's January Unpacked event. In July, Samsung announced the acquisition of Xealth, a wellness exertion level that connects users to attraction providers. 

"Often, customer wellness information measured connected wellness tools, which support way of one's wellness travel each day, and objective records astatine hospitals are managed separately, starring to missed insights and delayed care," Samsung wrote successful nan July property release. 

Rollout originates connected Sept. 8 and mightiness return a fewer days to travel to each Samsung Health apps. Care costs varies based connected nan attraction provided and a user's HealthTap rank tier. It besides takes insurance. 

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