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Modern technology has made our lives much easier in so many ways! Today we can order meals from our favorite restaurants and have them delivered to our door. We can buy online all products and services we need, without even having to leave our house. We can chat with other people remotely; we can have virtual meetings, conferences, and business presentations. Above all these, we can also take advantage of a modern digital care system...

The multidisciplinary field of digital health is more important than ever, and the recent COVID-19 pandemic has only brought greater attention to the need for healthcare providers to be looking to adopt these practices at their organizations. As more and more patients grow wary of in-person visits and now see digital health as more of a necessity than merely a perk, providers are being forced to fast-track their knowledge and implementation of data science, telemedicine,...

Effective January 2021, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Price Transparency Rule requires hospitals to display the price of their items and services publicly. This new law addresses a problem in the healthcare system that has long existed – the lack of transparent, unbiased information readily available to patients.  A sickness or infirmity is never an easy road to navigate. Certainly, the obscurity surrounding the medical experience and what to expect only adds to...

Medical care is something that always changes and adapts with new technological advances, and this is something that has taken leaps in recent years. If there is an industry that would benefit from greater connectivity, it is the vast and complex healthcare system. New technologies unavailable only a generation ago can allow greater information to get into the hands of both professionals, and the general public. The way services are delivered has changed and especially...

The healthcare industry has been quick to incorporate technology in its operations. One such technology is the use of a digital patient check-in system. Thanks to this innovation, medical staff no longer need to be hands-on with a patient’s initial registration process when it’s their first time visiting a clinic or hospital. Instead, the patient can independently complete and submit their registration form before going to the location.  With more and more hospitals embracing digital...

Thanks to the public health system becoming increasingly more strained, more people than ever are taking their health into their own hands through the use of digital health apps. From apps like Doctor on Demand, an app that puts patients and doctors in contact without the need for the patient to even leave their house, to apps that put medical diagnosis into the hands of AI algorithms like ADA, there is an app for everything...

It’s no exaggeration to state that 2020 has been a troubled year. In fact, the last few months have been the most unusual and confusing for people across the world. The covid-19 pandemic has had an effect on the lives of people of all walks of life, yet it has also opened the eyes of many to new ways of working when the conventional and traditional methods cannot operate. For example, lockdowns have forced offices,...