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Bonfire Analytics Raises Oversubscribed $2M Venture Round to Accelerate Digital Health, Medical Device, & Biotech Adoption Across Healthcare Providers

Healthcare IT Today

Already worth $350 billion in 2019, the industry is expected to continue increasing given our rapidly aging population and that national healthcare spend is almost 20% of the GDP , as well as the surge in new digital tools, devices, and therapeutics that can drive better patient outcomes.

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Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

Health Populi

” The last paragraph of the press release states: “All work related to Ascension’s engagement with Google is HIPAA compliant and underpinned by a robust data security and protection effort and adherence to Ascension’s strict requirements for data handling.” Let’s talk about Technology and Trust. health care.

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Trust Is the Currency for Consumer Health Engagement – A Bottom-Line at CES 2020

Health Populi

adults conducted in November 2019. ENGINE Insights polled over 2,000 auto owners in November 2019 and revealed that. In 2019, people in America ranked the most honest and ethical occupations in the nation as nurses (#1 for the 18th year in a row), pharmacists and doctors (along with engineers) in this annual Gallup Poll.

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