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The Most Important Trends For Health in Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Report Aren’t About Health Care

Health Populi

This chart, on page 262, is important for healthcare delivery because a large proportion of the healthcare labor force is indeed foreign-born — at all levels of the system, from hyper-specialists in the operating room and research labs to home health aides helping elders with activities of daily living.

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Providence Health’s Bot Grace engages and guides patients to the digital front door for care

Consumer eHealth Engagement

. “With the tremendous growth of chatbots and voice assistants, we decided to develop a virtual health assistant and begin to understand how to support the patients in their search for care”, explains Maryam Gholami, Chief Product Officer at Digital Innovations, Providence Health.