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From Security to Regulation: Exploring the Hidden Challenges of the Digital Health Revolution

Healthcare IT Today

By 2025, that figure is expected to reach 36%. Healthcare providers, researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical technology specialists will all need to take a phased approach to deploying new technologies. The healthcare sector relies on a wide variety of tools and platforms, and they cannot be replaced wholesale.

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Aiming for Health Equity

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billion in 2025. Patient facing software based medical technologies hold the ability to level the healthcare playing field, providing broader access to the highest quality care, usually only available to the few. It is estimated 86.3% of the global population owns a smartphone, equivalent to 6.9