On: Measuring blood pressure for less than a dollar using a phone

[matheusmoreira]

Huh, I had no idea it was like that in the US. Where I live doctors measure blood pressure during the consults. There is no nurse.

[epcoa → matheusmoreira]

In many clinics in the US it won’t even be a nurse it will be an MA. The quality is highly variable but I don’t think it matters the staff members, taking a BP with a machine is not hard and can be trained, this is an overall issue with clinic management and quality - which is unfortunately highly variable.

[mhb → matheusmoreira]

Sometimes there's harmful cost-cutting and sometimes there's comparative advantage...