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Like banks, healthcare will become digital-first in 2022, Zoom healthcare lead says

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

That is the opinion of Ron Emerson, RN, global healthcare lead at Zoom, as he looks ahead at what he believes will be some developments in healthcare in 2022. As illustrated in a 2019 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine , the percentage of adults in the United States with a primary care physician has been on the decline for years.

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Debiopharm Innovation Fund Launches New Seed Funding Activity to Accelerate Digital Transformation of Cancer Care and Pharma R&D

Digital Health Global

Investments will focus on the next generation of pharma R&D to accelerate drug development, on new technology solutions enabling a more patient-centric approach in clinical trials, and on digital platforms uncovering new insights from clinical data for more personalized care pathways.

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Virtual Care – negotiating barriers to adoption offers glimpses of an exciting future

Lloyd Price

The WHO and the India G20 presidency emphasised its importance by launching ‘The Global Initiative of Digital Health’ (GIDH) in August, proclaiming: “Digital health is a proven accelerator to advance health outcomes and achieve Universal Health Coverage and health-related Sustainable Development Goals.”