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What exactly is HealthTech? What is the difference between Digital Health and HealthTech?

Lloyd Price

Healthtech is a broad term that encompasses the use of technology to improve healthcare. Artificial intelligence: This is a rapidly developing field that has the potential to revolutionize healthcare. AI is being used to develop new diagnostic tools, personalize treatment plans, and improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery.

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The Future of Digital Health – Views from Inside the Industry

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Regarding the rise of Amazon as a digital corporation and huge game changer in the market, “if we don’t think this is going to happen in healthcare, you’re living in the 1920s – because it is,” says Dr. Curtis Lowery, Director of the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation. Digital health (i.e.

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Five Reasons why the FDA got it Right with Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

The FDA recently announced its Digital Health Innovation Action Plan. Digital health differs significantly from drugs and traditional medical devices around which the FDA has developed its structure and policies over decades. The Action Plan builds on and improves previous digital health guidances.

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The New Kid on the Block: How Blockchain Can Revolutionize Access to Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

Data is the bread and butter of the digital health industry. The end result is a new level of data quality that is unprecedented in the field of healthcare data. DApps release digital health researchers from the long and arduous process of acquiring specific datasets and trying to unify them.

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Mobile Health and Data Safety: Convenience vs. Privacy

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Technology may be revolutionizing the healthcare industry but while mobile health applications and cloud-based management are convenient, many think they may be compromising the privacy of healthcare data. It’s also important to note that mobile health isn’t just for patients either.

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

Digital health is unquestionably becoming part of healthcare lexicon and fabric. Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal fitness trackers have helped create awareness through use. These are what I consider the ‘biggest bang for the buck’ ones doable today.

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Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Their findings about Black patients, they said, "may reflect institutional efforts to expand digital health access for communities of color in addition to disproportionate access barriers to in-person care in this population. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.