The global healthcare market is changing, along with healthcare costs and patient demographics. The overall healthcare spending is expected to rise at a CAGR of 5% between 2019 and 2023 and the market’s predicted value for 2020 is more than $2 trillion. Because of this growth and a number of emerging challenges, healthcare needs to leverage innovative solutions to meet the needs of patients. Let’s take a look at the major technological trends shaping the industry in 2020.

With COVID-19 bringing significant changes to our economy and the way we work, it’s no secret that while some industries will suffer, others will have their time to thrive. The development of some of the tools accelerated significantly since our needs to use them have shifted so rapidly. Tech solutions used for remote work, online education, or home delivery are just a few examples. 

Nowadays brands are dealing with a huge competition on the market. It’s crucial to stand out from the crowd and be recognizable – it could be a solution to reach a wide customer base and succeed. Being recognizable is not only about unique design, but also about the strategy and the user experience. 

When you build a great product it will eventually attract more and more users who will expect performance and availability. As the app grows and over time it handles more requests per minute. If you’re not prepared for this, app performance will drop and you will potentially lose your audience.  This article will show you what to pay attention to when building a scalable app.

Escooters, dockless, powered stand-up scooters rented by the minute, are revolutionizing the way we travel short distances in cities. Convenient and affordable, scooter sharing services let you avoid traffic congestion and skip the wait for public transport using only your smartphone. Less polluting than cars and easier than riding a bicycle, it might seem like escooters are the perfect solution to city transportation and air quality problems. 

Website navigation is the most important feature of the overall user experience. It can make or break your chances of conversion. Having a good site navigation system in place is critical to the effect your website will have on visitors and whether they will stay on the site to explore other pages or bounce. Navigation is key to the good performance of a site but it also affects many other things – e.g. retaining visitors and turning them into conversions.

We spoke with Jack Lewars, Executive Director at One for the World, a movement of people who give one percent of their income to try to end extreme poverty. One for the World work with GiveWell, one of the best charity evaluators in the world, who help identify charities that are highly cost effective in helping people living in extreme poverty – which is defined by the World Bank as people living on less than one-dollar ninety per day.

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Will telemedicine applications become the new normal? In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, more medical practitioners and health organizations worldwide are rushing to adopt telemedicine solutions. According to Ray Dorsey, director of the Center for Health and Technology at the University of Rochester, the number of virtual patient consultations in the US increased tenfold within two weeks (in comparison to the pre-COVID-19 situation). Kaiser Permanente, the health maintenance organization, managed to reduce in-person visits to its specialty doctors by 40% thanks to the use of telemedicine.  

Telemedicine uses the internet to connect patients and care providers, allowing for more immediacy, convenience, and personalization of healthcare services. It introduces new possibilities to traditional healthcare systems, which affects the popularization of telemedicine and other areas of telehealth.