‘While digital health such as telemedicine doesn’t replace the value of face-to-face contact, disruptive technologies such as real-time, embedded monitoring tools will help health-care specialists track and monitor patients without needing to see them.’
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One example of big data-driven solutions in health care is the data-centre initiative in the Innovation Hub at the new St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Through CHEOS: Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, the Providence health-care team has always been at the forefront of using data to evaluate health outcomes, but this is a multidisciplinary, multi-sector platform that is purpose-built, with improved patient experience and greatest value for health dollars in mind.
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