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Globalization & Global Health
The term globalization refers to people, companies, and governments interacting around the world. As our planet gets smaller, thanks to international travel and commerce, it is more important than ever to think about health in a global context. While technological...
The Call of Healthcare Professionals
I’ve written a fair amount about technology advances in healthcare, innovations, the requirement for better communication, and even recent partnerships with technology giants as they seek to enter the healthcare sector. But, it’s important that these articles, both...
Healthcare Technology Innovations of 2018
Two Healthcare Tech Innovations that Could Mean Big News for Healthcare The healthcare industry has seen big changes over the past few years. With tech giants moving into the healthcare space, it’s not a stretch to say some are skeptical about the relationship between...
The Importance of Remote Healthcare
It’s 2018, and many things have become digitized. Books to ebooks; maps to GPS; doctor visits to… well, maybe not yet. But that’s the discussion that many in the industry are having. It’s true, house calls by doctors have fallen out of favor with many, but not unlike a lot of things, today’s healthcare innovations have a bit of the past built in them…
Could the Doctor Become Obsolete?
The pace at which healthcare today is moving is nothing short of dizzying. In less than a century, the advancements made in surgical techniques alone are astounding…
Is Walmart the Hail Mary Healthcare Needs?
Jon Belsher talks about the possible, coming merger of Walmart and Humana and the effects it could have on the American public healthcare system.
What Impact will Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Potentially Have on Apple’s Health Care Strategy?
In my previous blog, I discussed Apple’s plans to move further into the healthcare realm with the release of an update to their Health application. Health already proved it was convenient for Apple users because it compiled data from various applications into a...
Apple Plans to Take a Bite Out of the Healthcare Market
When Steve Wozniak and the late Steve Jobs founded Apple in 1976, neither of them likely anticipated how influential the company would become in the development of the internet age and beyond. From their first typewriter-like computer, called the Apple I, to the...
Notable Healthcare Innovations Revealed at CES 2018
“We stand for innovators and the promise of technology,” says the homepage of the Consumer Technology Association. A champion for global technological innovation, the CTA advocates for entrepreneurs, technologists, and innovators who shape the future of the consumer...
The Twenty-First Century Healthcare Revolution: Is It Here?
Every century, doctors and scientists have a breakthrough that changes the scope of healthcare forever. Often disruptive, these changes can come with speculation — and even rejection — from the medical community and the general public.