Forbes June 7, 2018
Yesi Orihuela

One by one, Silicon Valley heavyweights are rolling up their sleeves and making moves to reinvent American health care. On the heels of the CVS-Aetna merger, Amazon announced intentions to form its own health care company with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase. Apple followed suit. Now there are whispers — loud whispers — that Google will enter the fray.

My last Forbes article looked at how health care could end up in an Orwellian-esque nightmare, with a bevy of future technologies constantly and silently monitoring every lifestyle decision we make and rewarding — or penalizing — us accordingly.

In this article, we’ll take a look at the best possible outcome.

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Topics: Big Data, Healthcare System, IoT (Internet of Things), Patient / Consumer, Technology, Trends
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