Technology Innovations and Virtual Consultations Drive the Healthcare Industry Transformation by 2025
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Frost & Sullivan s recent analysis,
Vision 2025-Rising Healthcare Expenditures and Disproportionate Improvement in Patient Outcomes Spur Disruptive Changes in the Global Healthcare Industry, forecasts that global healthcare revenues in 2025 will exceed $2.6 trillion, up from $2 trillion in 2020. Catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has adopted radical new advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and telehealth, along with new business models to support the rapid transformation. It is primed to witness a revolution in healthcare delivery over the next decade.
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By Dian Schaffhauser
01/26/21
The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, a nonprofit that promotes open, affordable, high-quality broadband connections, has issued a roadmap for 2021, laying out what it will be pursuing in its mission of supplying internet access to an estimated 42 million unconnected people in the United States. At the heart of the solution is reliance on anchor institutions that need high-speed connectivity for their own operations and are well positioned to be able to share that with the surrounding community. Such organizations include K-12 districts, colleges and universities, libraries, hospitals, health clinics, public housing communities and houses of worship.
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By: Morgan Eichensehr, Baltimore Business Journal
Morgan Griffith: Strides in closing the digital divide
Published Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, 12:04 am
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Morgan Griffith
Closing the digital divide is a challenge for American society in the 21st century that must be met. Internet connectivity brings with it economic growth, educational opportunities, individual quality of life, and many other assets, but rural areas lag behind urban ones in access to reliable internet service. Making the American dream available to all citizens requires building out internet infrastructure from sea to shining sea.
Amazon launches pilot health care program for workforce in Louisville region
Amazon is making it easier for its employees to take care of their medical needs. Share Updated: 7:58 PM EST Jan 15, 2021
Amazon is making it easier for its employees to take care of their medical needs. Share Updated: 7:58 PM EST Jan 15, 2021
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