AXIOS January 20, 2022
Yacob Reyes

Digital, tech and analytics should become a “vehicle for democratizing access to health,” said Dr. Karen DeSalvo, chief health officer at Google, at an Axios virtual event on Thursday.

Why it matters: Health care had typically moved at a cautious pace when it came to adopting new technology, Axios’ Tina Reed writes. However, the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic spurred a digital transformation.

  • More than 60% of doctors said the pandemic forced technology upgrades that normally would have taken years, according to a poll provided exclusively to Axios.
  • DeSalvo expressed that health technology can create a “broader suite of tools” that can provide personalized insights for users, adding that it should not...

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