Med-Tech Innovation April 2, 2020
Dr Risa Ravitz, founder of telehealth startup Modern Migraine MD, offers some tips for how both solution providers and healthcare professionals can overcome the disparities between traditional healthcare processes and healthtech adoption.
Healthtech is advancing fast. The 2020s are expected to bring innovations such as drone-delivered medical supplies, mind-reading wristbands, and pocket ultrasound devices. In theory, healthcare practitioners and patients alike should be preparing to not just adopt – but embrace – these futuristic solutions.
However, that’s not what is happening. While technology can ease the path to wellbeing for both doctor and patient, there is reluctance on both sides to fully adopt it, both in digital care and in brick-and-mortar practices.
Tech cannot simply “disrupt” the...