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How Personalized Healthcare Technology Is Revolutionizing Patient Care

Strategy Driven

Patient Engagement A personalized approach empowers patients to take more control of their health. This is accomplished through self-management tools and initiatives that promote shared decision-making, wellness, and patient education. Personalized technology can also reduce costs through improved medication adherence.

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WHE05: New Tools for Health Care Consumerism | with Clayton Nicholas from Change Healthcare

Engaging Leader

Health care consumerism is a key part of most employers’ strategies for workforce health engagement. This involves tools, resources, education, and motivation to help employees and family members make decisions that optimize health outcomes and cost-effectiveness. What types of decisions?

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Can Education Be Delivered Via WhatsApp?

The Horizons Tracker

A new project from MIT Governance Lab has tested the platform in an educational capacity. The project, undertaken by South African civic technology company Grassroots, is believed to be the first training course delivered entirely on WhatsApp. The post Can Education Be Delivered Via WhatsApp? A strong base.

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Examining Disparities and Opportunities in Older Adults’ Engagement with Patient Portals

The Horizons Tracker

Equitable access “This change makes access to secure portals even more important for older adults who want to see their doctors and other health care providers virtually. It also makes the disparities we found in our poll even more troubling,” the researchers explain.

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How to Win in Africa

Leading Blog

And technology? High volumes—low margins—cost-effective—technology driven. Skill shortages are a major concern for a number of reasons but primarily Africa’s underperformance in education. There are one-hundred companies with annual revenues of a billion dollars or more. Africa is the next growth market. Turnover is high.

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Tech Isn’t Enough To Shrink The Digital Divide

The Horizons Tracker

The results illustrate that solving the digital divide is not purely a technological problem. ” Closing the divide Of the 500 or so respondents, 95% said that they had access to the internet, with a similar proportion saying that access to digital technology was important to them. .

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Exposure To Different Careers Can Help Overcome The Skills Gap

The Horizons Tracker

“When you look at rapidly growing employment sectors like manufacturing, computer technology, health care and construction, there is a pipeline concern, as we need more young people equipped with the skills to enter these fields,” they say.

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