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Telemedicine 2010 & 2011 Part 2 - TECHNOLOGY

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Telemedicine has never been bereft of electronic wizardry and 2010 included a host of exciting developments with clever new devices that see, analyze, and intervene with any number of medical maladies, all at steadily reduced prices. In 2011, mergers and acquisitions in mHealth are sure to be news.

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Rwanda : The Digital Health Pioneer

Lloyd Price

Patrick Ndimubanzi, Honorable Minister of State, Public Health and Primary Health Care, Rwanda Digital Health Innovation in Rwanda Let's explore 5 examples of Digital Health innovation in Rwanda ranging from artificial intelligence and machine learning to blood delivery by drones and telemedicine.

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The new Digital Health model : Disruption, Engagement, Integration and Trust

Lloyd Price

But integration and interoperability challenges of existing traditional models will make this progress slower. For example, in Singapore, the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system was rolled out in 2011. It allows patient healthcare records to be shared across the entire healthcare system.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine. TPA Amazon realizes that they could significantly lower the costs of administrative services by solving interoperability. Google started a health-records initiative in 2008, but shut it down by 2011, citing poor adoption. But how easy will it actually be?