Mayo Clinic-backed Better launches personal health assistant service

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Mayo Clinic-backed, Palo Alto, California-based Better officially launched its service this week after a year of private beta tests following a high-profile debut at the All Things D event last year

Better offers everything from really basic administrative tasks all the way up to really high-end clinical work. What it comes out to is — across the board — having a personal health assistant — what the VA would call a care coordinator — who just takes cares of everything for you. Whether it’s appointments, prescriptions, or finding new doctors all the way up through — something is horribly wrong and I want to see a specialist, or nurse, or doctor. 

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