Healthcare, Poverty, and Technology: Connecting the Dots

A new nongovernmental organization is seeking to leverage mobile and connected health technologies to improve healthcare access for the poor in the United States. 
There is an opportunity here to improve access to healthcare for the poor using technology. With that in mind, Aventor’s mission is to help social entrepreneurs trying to bring these important technologies to market by helping them cope with the legal, regulatory, and policy obstacles that lie in their way. Mobile health and telemedicine have great potential, but that potential also makes them disruptive to the current healthcare system. Read More

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http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
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