To say that DeFi underwent a boom at the start of 2021 is technically accurate -- but it doesn’t quite convey the scope. In 2019, the DeFi market encompassed $40 million. By the beginning of this year, the total value had spiked to over $40 billion. This niche market has proven its mettle and then [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t just change how we work; it changed how we want to work. Like countless other industries, healthcare responded to pandemic-prompted trends by turning their short-term adaptations into long-term strategies. In the short span of a year, telehealth has become a primary mode of delivering care, increasing patients’ access to specialized medicine, [...]
For all that the Covid-19 pandemic has been an exhausting and extensive trial of the U.S. health system, it has also given the sector a once-in-a-generation chance to advance itself beyond all expectations. When faced with the challenges and burdens of a public health emergency, care providers and research organizations embraced innovative solutions, setting the [...]
Telehealth services are on the rise -- and with them, concerns over patient privacy. There is no doubt that telemedicine has played an invaluable role in keeping Americans safe and healthy over the last year. Virtual health platforms gave anxious patients when they might have added pressure to already-overloaded hospital facilities or avoided care altogether. [...]
It’s no understatement to say that telehealth has exploded in popularity over the last several months. Faced with the once-in-a-lifetime challenge of navigating a global pandemic, patients initially flocked to telehealth solution because it would allow them to access convenient, high-quality care without breaking social distancing or inadvertently stressing already-overburdened health care centers. According to [...]
The medical community has been aware of the role that social factors play in determining health outcomes for years -- but evidence of the fact has never been quite so abundantly clear. Even a cursory glance over COVID-19 data reveals an inarguable link between infection rates, fatalities, and social determinants of health such as poverty, [...]
The signs that telehealth will become a predominant and permanent part of the American healthcare system have become abundant in the wake of COVID-19. But are we prepared to address the proportional risk of cyberattack that accompanies them? Consumer interest in digitally-facilitated -- and socially-distanced -- healthcare has skyrocketed in recent months as patients seek [...]
How could the pressures of a global pandemic shape America’s healthcare real estate market? In the months since COVID-19’s arrival, healthcare providers have found themselves under an unprecedented amount of pressure. Resources have been stretched thin; care facilities are tracking their capacity numbers with growing concern. In the face of a global pandemic, those in [...]
In March, COVID-19 all but obliterated investors’ expectations for the year. How could it not? In a few short weeks, the global pandemic threw global markets into disarray, closed offices, mandated social distancing, and sparked widespread uncertainty. Innovators of all fields and disciplines have gone into overdrive, determined to find new ways to support consumers [...]
Perspective narrows when you’re investing in healthcare during a global pandemic. Most of us are wrestling with immediate questions: how can we help patients with COVID-19 now? How do we protect first-line responders and providers now? Which solutions can we implement to lessen the burden the crisis poses now? The list goes on. But there’s [...]