Lisa Suennen
SXSW: ‘Healthcare’s Digital Disruptors: Hope vs. Hype’
J.W. Marriott Austin 110 E. 2nd St., Austin, TX, United StatesToday’s technologies from remote monitoring to video visits hold enormous promise for improving the health and well-being of countless lives. But what about the patient-physician relationship? At this spring's SXSW, The Permanente Federation presents a panel that explores bridging the digital divide to improve the quality of health care, lower costs and make health care…
SXSW: ‘Reimagine, Reboot, Retool: Healthcare post-COVID’
COVID-19 in many ways catapulted health care into the future as it propelled the rapid adoption of technologies such as telehealth, drones that deliver medical supplies, and germ-zapping robots. At the same time, a U.S. public health infrastructure stuck in the era of the lowly fax machine hampered COVID-19 case reporting and contact tracing, which…