Nathan E Botts
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Will Digital Health help close the Care Gap?

Now that you know what Digital Health is, are you feeling better? Rant on: In my search for knowledge this morning, I watched a short cartoon. Paul Sonnier heads the Digital Health Strategy at consultancy Popper & Co. and is the founder of the now-19,000 member LinkedIn Group called Digital Health. I know this because wherever you see his name, that factoid is revealed. I watched to help shed light on one of the greatest mumbo-jumbo terminology taxonomies since the launch of three letter acronyms (TLAs) that were sported by IT professionals in the 70s and 80s.  This fast-paced cartoon explanatory video was, naturally, titled "What is Digital Health?" Since there is no room for additional synonyms in the taxonomy entry on my blog, it was important for me to check it out.

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