Healthcare and Technology

One of the major milestones for an organization working within healthcare is to keep their information ‘HIPPA’ compliant. And for new technology companies entering the market of healthcare, companies like Amazon, they have had to learn from the ground up exactly what that phrase means. This however, seems not to have provided a barrier to the tech companies ability to keep their momentum.

Just last year Amazon offered $125K dollars to the best app developer that could help patients with type 2 diabetes. This as part of a strategy to find ways to provide care for mothers, babies, the elderly and those who currently have type 2 diabetes. They communicated the challenge with the following statement;

“With this pioneering challenge, innovators have a unique opportunity to help navigate uncharted territory: experimenting with and developing new solutions for those managing a chronic condition. Communicating through voice, rather than just on a screen, has the potential to empower patients to change habits and improve their overall well being.”

Obviously the costs of maintaining and assisting these patient populations are beneficial to the US as a whole, but certainly tech companies like Amazon are poised to make plenty of money if they are successful at delivering high value to customers for a lower cost and more convenient than visiting their primary care competitors.

Share your Thoughts:

Do you think Tech companies and healthcare management should work together to make healthcare information more safe? Do you think the consumer/patient will become healthier with these changes? 

Thank you to Baylor University MBA in Healthcare for the opportunity to learn how to grow and excel as health managers with the constant healthcare changes and advances. 

Sources:

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/amazons-alexa-healthcare-team-bones-up-on-hipaa-compliance

https://technologyadvice.com/blog/healthcare/healthcare-management-healthcare-tech/