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The Healthcare and Macro-Economic Impacts of Living with Endemic COVID – Listening to Fitch

Health Populi

For Medicare Part B programs alone, the drug could consume one-half of the total $57 billion of medicines spending… as much as the U.S. While telehealth and virtual care stood up quickly in 2020, questions remain about how it will/can persist in terms of funding, regulation, and business models. spends on NASA.

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Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?

The Digital Health Corner

According to an excellent whitepaper describing a case study of Medrec , a platform utilizing blockchain technology, health information interoperability is facilitated with the use of blockchain. Blockchain technology’s potential impact on the life sciences industry (drug development, distribution and prescribing) is significant.