Why countries need to work together to bring digital health into the future

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the speed and scale of adoption of digital health technologies in a way that’s hard to imagine under normal circumstances. Innovations like telemedicine and chatbots designed to limit in-person contact and data models that optimize the allocation of ventilators, hospital beds, and staff are seeing increased use today around the world. Countries are learning from the approaches of their neighbors and applying new methods in a race towards efficiency.  Digital health, however, has not historically been a disruptive force in the technology or health worlds. Some might go as far as to say that it’s…

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