Joe Harpaz, Contributor

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The Consumerization Of Healthcare Can Only Go So Far

Despite the enthusiasm and influx of new tech, a gap still exists between the vision for a digitized healthcare experience and substantive clinical benefits that could result from consumer technologies.

A Plan For Healthcare’s Labor Shortage

The healthcare labor market is facing unprecedented projected shortages across a range of specialties and services. It’s imperative for the industry to place an emphasis on improving the working conditions for people in healthcare, in addition to advan…

Healthcare Delivery: The Diminishing Supply Side Of Telehealth

Telemedicine seems like the perfect modern-day, double-sided platform—like Uber connects commuters to drivers, telehealth readily connects patients to healthcare services. However, with far fewer doctors than drivers and a projected physician shortage…

Patient Engagement In The Era Of COVID-19

Over the past year, the healthcare industry has undergone unprecedented change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. From the availability of telemedicine visits to drive-in waiting rooms at the doctor’s office, patients and physicians alike are adjust…

Medical School 2.0: How COVID-19 Will Help Usher In The Next Generation Of Medical Superheroes

Although medical school graduations took place virtually this year due to COVID-19, it certainly does not make becoming a physician any less meaningful or impactful; it’s quite the opposite. Here’s how COVID-19 has changed medical school now and into t…

Apple iOS 13.5 Is Ready For COVID-19 Contact Tracing —Are You?

One of the new buzzwords that has become synonymous with the COVID-19 pandemic is contact tracing. It has been digitized, globalized and consumerized. What does the future of digital contact tracing hold? Time will tell.

5 Reasons Why Telehealth Is Here To Stay (COVID-19 And Beyond)

Telehealth. It’s no longer just a nice-to-have, but instead a must-have for patients and healthcare professionals alike during these uncertain times the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about.

5 Ways Technology Will Enable Value-Based Care in 2020 and Beyond

While experts have been predicting healthcare change for over a decade, transformation has been slow to come. However, 2020 could truly be a tipping point — here’s why, and what you can expect to see in the coming year.

Physician Burnout: Are Too Many Patients Making Doctors Sick?

The U.S. is facing what has been called a severe and growing epidemic of physician burnout, with nearly half of all clinicians reporting feelings of exhaustion, depression, depersonalization and failure.

Physician Burnout: Are Too Many Patients Making Doctors Sick?

The U.S. is facing what has been called a severe and growing epidemic of physician burnout, with nearly half of all clinicians reporting feelings of exhaustion, depression, depersonalization and failure.