In this episode of This Week In Health Tech, Vik and Jimmy go over the Top COVID-19 Health Tech trends.
Here is what they discussed:
- “Are health systems going to say: You know what, employees working from home is a good thing.”
- Jimmy asks Vik about the longevity on people working from home and if there is a financial benefit for employees to work from home.
- “It seems like diagnostic testing is going beyond COVID-19.”
- Vik questions if real-time diagnostic testing will gain traction and expand beyond COVID-19 testing. Jimmy talks about how drive-thru testing is a more convenient approach and .
- “Automation will lead to more jobs, especially in tech.”
- Vik agrees that automation is a trend that will continue into the future. As Vik stated, humans are very good at adapting. Jimmy agrees with Vik’s assessment on automation, but has reserves concerning robots taking peoples jobs.
- “Telehealth has increased over 1000%.”
- Telehealth is something that health providers have been trying to implement for a little while, and COVID has certainly accelerated that process. Vik believes that the use of virtual visits and Telehealth can only grow and is definitely a trend that is here to stay. Jimmy, however, still believes in the value of in-person appointments.
- “Data-sharing is good, especially for research, and I hope it’s a trend that stays.”
- The duo discuss the applications of data-sharing. Vik believes there is a lot of importance in data-collaboration. Jimmy brings up his main concern over data-sharing, privacy.
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