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Healthcare Delivery in the Digital Age

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Emerging technologies are having a disruptive effect on healthcare delivery as systems evolve to meet changing healthcare needs of individuals and populations. Eight realities/trends are briefly examined, and a vision of a transformed healthcare system is presented.

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    .https://www.managedhealthcareconnect.com/content/walmart-va-collaborate-new-partnership-offer-telehealth-services

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    Amazon Care to launch across U.S. this summer, offering millions of individuals and families immediate access to high-quality medical care and advice—24 hours a day, 365 days a year, March17,2021 https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-care-to-launch-across-u-s-this-summer-offering-millions-of-individuals-and-families-immediate-access-to-high-quality-medical-care-and-advice-24-hours-a-day-365-days-a-year

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    Introducing Amazon Pharmacy: Prescription Medications Delivered. BusinessWire, Nov 17, 2020. URL: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201117005429/en/ [last accessed 27 October 2021].

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    Mobile Fact sheet, Mobile phone ownership over time, Aptil 2021, https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/

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    What are software Robots, Think Automation, https://www.thinkautomation.com/bots-and-ai/what-are-software-bots/

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Gibbons, M.C., Shaihk, Y., Ayalasomayajula, F. (2022). Healthcare Delivery in the Digital Age. In: Kiel, J.M., Kim, G.R., Ball, M.J. (eds) Healthcare Information Management Systems. Health Informatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07912-2_22

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