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Question of the Week: What are the promises—or pitfalls—of connected technology in healthcare?

  • 1.  Question of the Week: What are the promises—or pitfalls—of connected technology in healthcare?

    Posted 09-28-2020 09:11:00 AM

    Mobile devices and cloud-based tools offer amazing technology innovations that may improve healthcare—from internet-connected scales that notify clinicians about a patient’s weight change, to smart thermometers that collect data about where people have fevers to predict COVID-19 hotspots. But the “internet of things” comes with concerns, too.

    We’d love to read your comments here: What are the promises—or pitfalls—of connected technology in healthcare? Is your institution doing anything interesting with this type of technology?



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    Ethan Kendrick
    Sr. Program Specialist, Educational Affairs
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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