Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of people in every corner of the world have been touched by human tragedy and financial hardship from the global economic downturn. As difficult as these hardships have been, coping with Covid-19 has revealed a silver lining. In finding ways to mitigate and minimize exposure to Covid-19, the collective shift to remote services has forced a digital transformation on a large scale.

Retail, banking and other industries already had many of the systems in place to accommodate the shift to online and mobile access. Healthcare, however, has struggled in the past to develop the same level of integrated data and services commonplace in other industries.

In reality, medical technology is critical in getting us through this crisis. Whether technology is used to diagnose new cases, monitor patients in quarantine or care for those with other health issues, it has a clear role. If anything, the rapid adoption of telehealth shows that remote care is highly scalable and works well in both rural and urban areas.

To quote co-founders Steven Krein and Unity Stoakes from the StartUp Health Insight 2020 Mid-year Report, “It’s been said that there are decades where nothing happens; and then there are weeks when decades happen. It’s crystal clear to us that over the past several weeks, decades have happened.”

Source: medcitynews.com