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5G Can Help Save Lives
5G’s ability to handle massive amounts of data flowing from multiple points allows healthcare professionals to monitor patients and identify those at risk sooner and with greater accuracy than ever before.
Research Peek of the Week: Fitness, Nutrition Most Popular Health App Types
Almost a fifth of U.S. survey respondents stated they had used apps in the past 12 months to measure bodily functions.
It’s Time for Leaders of America’s Top Tech Companies to Make Diversity a Priority and Not Just a Promise
The failure to implement a real strategy to diversify the tech workforce is the equivalent of saying tech companies do not have the will to reach this goal. It’s time for the leaders at America’s top tech companies to apply “strategery” and take the necessary measures to fix their diversity disaster once and for all.
Research Peek of the Week: Increases in Unresolved Problems Among Smart Home Devices
New Parks Associates data reveals a spike in unresolved problems among smart home device owners.
Telemedicine Bridges Time and Space to Save Lives
Telemedicine allows healthcare professionals to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients in remote locations using communications technology. And the advances in telemedicine will only grow as we move into a 5G world, benefitting healthcare around the globe and helping to close the urban-rural divide.
Telemedicine Factoids
Check out the new telemedicine infographic to learn more about the growing benefits of telehealth.
The Internet is Waiting for Congress to Take Action on Privacy
While the European Union and the state of California have been devising comprehensive privacy protection systems within their regulatory borders, the United States government has chosen not to regulate, or to regulate only a limited number of data controllers. It is time for Congress to create a unified privacy law that applies to all players equally.
Research Peek of the Week: Netflix Responsible for the World’s Most Downstream Traffic
A new report by Sandvine revealed the web applications responsible for the world’s most downstream traffic.
Is Next-Generation Broadband the Key to Improving Patient Outcomes through Telemedicine?
On October 31, IIA hosted a Telemedicine event featuring a fireside chat with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and a panel of telehealth professionals.
Research Peek of the Week: Telemedicine Technology Gaining Acceptance
Telemedicine is a growing segment of the U.S. healthcare system. Today, hospitals, specialty clinics, and other healthcare organizations have embraced telemedicine-services for their potential to provide high-demand care in mental, rural, and foreign health markets.
California’s Net Neutrality Adventure: Right Goal, Wrong Path
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 822 that adopts a state-level net neutrality requirement for broadband providers operating in California. However well-intentioned this effort may be, it is deeply legally flawed. It also contains substantive provisions that would serve as a major barrier to broadband investment.