Advisory Board June 5, 2020
America’s new coronavirus epidemic drove Big Tech companies that already were looking to shake up health care even farther into the industry—and have set up some new opportunities for the tech giants. Here are four areas where Big Tech companies could make their next pushes in health care.
1. Contact tracing—and tracking infectious disease outbreaks in the workplace
Perhaps the most visible way that Big Tech companies have moved to address the country’s Covid-19 epidemic is with contact tracing efforts. For example, Apple and Google last month began rolling out a tool that uses Bluetooth on people’s smartphones to alert them if they might have been within close proximity of someone who has tested positive for the new coronavirus. The...
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