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Internet of Things (IoT) in healthcare: benefits, use cases and evolutions

The usage of the IoT in healthcare has sharply increased across various specific Internet of Things use cases. At the same time we see how other healthcare IoT use cases are picking up speed and the connected healthcare reality is accelerating, even if hurdles remain.

Thus far, most IoT initiatives in healthcare revolved around the improvement of care as such with remote monitoring and telemonitoring as main applications. A second area where many initiatives exist is tracking, monitoring and maintenance of assets, using IoT and RFID. This is done on the level of medical devices and healthcare assets, the people level and the non-medical asset level (e.g. hospital building assets).

However, these deployments and use cases are just the beginning and, at the same time, are far from omnipresent.

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Chatbots are on the rise: 9 Examples of how Brands are using them

A growing number of businesses are using chatbots in lots of exciting ways – in fact, according to Facebook, there are now over 300,000 active bots on Messenger.

You can order food, schedule flights, and get recommendations for pretty much anything you can think of – and while we’re still in the early days, the latest numbers, both in terms of available bots and usage, all point to one thing. Adoption is growing.

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The Four Culture-Shaping Principles to Shift a Culture

Culture is the most effective vehicle to energize the large-scale change that’s necessary to position a company to thrive. These four principles can help organizations ensure that culture stays top-of-mind for more than just a moment:

  • Purposeful Leadership from the Top
  • Personal Change
  • Broad Engagement
  • Focused Sustainability

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