This is not a new insight, but it seems that there are many opportunities to improve efficiency in the healthcare sector. This is not just an improvement in efficiency and quality, because of the lack of overall experience, especially the hospitalization experience. It is true that the healthcare system is a labyrinth of regulations, processes, and vested interests that make change difficult.
Nonetheless, broadband and new technologies offer hope for more patient-centric healthcare models. Read Korner to learn about an inspiring doctor and her vision to improve patient care in the 21st century.
Michael C. Render is the godfather of fiber deployment prediction. He emphasized that even before the introduction of the Infrastructure Act in 2021, the growth of optical fiber has doubled in the past 5 years and will continue to maintain this rapid growth. In his words, thanks to the participation of many parties, the industry is going all out.
If the earth could only speak, what would it say? Well, it may not be much, because it has brain dirt and rocks. But listen carefully, the ground can tell us about sidewalks, weather, and surroundings, otherwise we would never know.
Fiber optic cables can become those ears. Members of the Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA) have found out how to use existing fiber optic cables to measure vibration, strain, and temperature.
As the real world turns to the meta universe, cheap and ubiquitous sensing will become a must. Somalytics and its paper carbon nanotube capacitive sensor may be a solution suitable for both the real and virtual world. Somalytics mixes carbon nanotubes with cellulose and performs a fracturing process. It has found how to make 1 mm thick paper that can be used for everything from eye tracking to non-contact interfaces to low-cost health monitoring. application.
"When we can have a more decentralized healthcare model, why do family members and patients have the responsibility to visit us from afar," Yaa Aboagyewa Kumah-Crystal, MD, MPH, MS asked? The Vanderbilt Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology summarized her inspiring closing keynote speech at Fiber Connect 2021. As an academic and practicing pediatrician, Kumah-Crystal brings a unique perspective.
Author Ken Pyle, Editor-in-Chief
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Ken Pyle is the co-founder of Viodi, LLC and the executive editor of Viodi View, a publication that focuses on independent telecommunications companies' efforts to provide videos to customers. He has edited and produced many multimedia projects for NTCA, American Telecom and Viodi. Pyle is the producer of Viodi's local content studio, NAB video production crash course, and ViodiTV. He was closely involved in Viodi's consulting projects, and created procedures for PPV and VOD operations for clients, and wrote reports on the independent telecommunications market.
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