The dawn of digital medicine
The pandemic is ushering in the next trillion-dollar industry
LAST JANUARY Stephen Klasko, chief executive of Jefferson Health, which runs hospitals in Philadelphia, chatted to a bank boss. The financier told him that 20 years ago health care and banking were the only industries yet to embrace the consumer and digital revolutions. “Now”, Mr Klasko recalls him adding, “you are alone.”
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “The dawn of digital medicine”
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