Four Business Developments Affecting Health Care
The largest corporations in the world turn their focus to the health care industry, and we follow up on our latest industry-focused blogs. This news round-up examines the latest on […]
Author: Kurt Jensen
Microsoft’s Potential Impact on Health Care
This week, Walgreens announced a massive partnership with Microsoft, raising a number of questions about Microsoft’s potential impact on health care. At face value, the deal strategically positions Microsoft to […]
Trends Affecting Health Professions in 2019
The new year brings with it reflection and speculation. We’ve rounded up some recent articles and highlights from 2018 to summarize the biggest trends affecting health professions in 2019. Tech […]
Cost will drive industry impact on health care
$3.2 trillion. 17.8% of the United States Gross Domestic Product. The inflating cost of health care is, to those in health care and especially those who pay for it, a […]
Artificial Intelligence, Amazon and What it Means for Health Care
Amazon made headlines recently in scrapping a behind-the-scenes application of artificial intelligence the company used in recruiting talent. The machine learner’s fatal flaw? Gender discrimination. “Amazon’s computer models were trained […]
Further Thoughts on the State of the Industry
The Health Professions Network recently released a State of the Industry Report—an inside look at what’s happening in health care and health professional associations: the variables that influence change the […]
Is health care ready for disruptive innovation? (part three)
Trends making health care vulnerable to disruption. In part one and two of our three part series on ‘disruptive innovation’ in health care, we looked at (1) what, exactly, disruptive innovation is […]
Is health care ready for disruptive innovation? (part two)
Obstacles to disruptive innovation in health care. As promised, in part two of our three part series on ‘disruptive innovation’ in health care, we’ll look at why disruptive innovation is […]
Is health care ready for disruptive innovation? (part one)
‘Disruptive Innovation.’ The words themselves are a contrast in sentiment—excitement sitting on a bed of apprehension.” Future of Healthcare: 3 Disruptive Trends – Sean Koon, MD A number of trends lead […]
Health Professions Network Awards Scholarship to Outstanding HOSA Chapter President
In June, Health Professions Network awarded a scholarship to Meagan Malnes, president of a local HOSA chapter in Idaho, through HOSA-Future Health Professionals’ Scholarship program. In addition to serving as […]