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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

2 As questions on how to rein in increasing healthcare costs continue to mount, and politicians focus on passing legislation and targeting the pharmaceutical industry, a possible solution may be wearable health devices. The study also anticipated that over 25 years, these devices could help decrease healthcare costs by $200 billon.

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Role of Big Data in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

The healthcare industry generates a large amount of data. 1 Electronic health record (EHR) data is at times so massive that it can be difficult to manage with the usual data management tools that hospitals and physicians currently use. Healthcare Internet of Things (IoT). This will be no easy task! Three Top Trends.

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Future of Healthcare: Virtual and Augmented Reality

Tom Spencer

Currently engineers, physicians, other healthcare providers, and educators are working to create innovative ways to apply these immersive technologies in order to transform clinical teaching and practice. The main focus of any change to healthcare is to improve patient outcomes. Medical Student and Resident Training. Kuehn, Bridget M.

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Artificial Intelligence: It’s Current and Future Role in Healthcare (Part 2 of 2)

Tom Spencer

This week, in the second installment of this two-part series, we will consider the potential future role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. A number of national and international conferences have hosted speakers and workshops on AI’s future role in healthcare. Next-Generation Radiographic Tools. Introduction.

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Experienced Hire from Harvard breaks in to Healthcare Consulting (Part 1)

Management Consulted

How did Charlie, a recent Harvard undergrad, navigate through the process of getting accepted to medical school and working for a biotech firm on the West Coast to finally finding his true passion in healthcare consulting (and landing an offer at Putnam)? And then the other one is Boston Consulting Group. My attraction personally to L.E.K.

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An Unconventional Path: One Medical Student’s Journey Into Consulting

Tom Spencer

As time passed, to my surprise, I actually realized that I was more interested in addressing the issues of the healthcare system itself than working to provide direct patient care. And as you can imagine, I was using every tool at my disposal to find case partners; some were even in other countries. Image: Pexels.

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Rethink the Contact Center of the Future

1 to 1

It’s a business so ingrained in the trends and innovations of every industry from healthcare, travel, banking, and more. Digital-first business Digital transformation tools were once seen as an investment that could be saved another time. The contact center industry has always needed to look forward. Not anymore.