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How technological advances can save health care — Shift

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July 30, 2025

Around the world, health care access is an issue. Technological advances like remote patient monitoring and robot surgeries could change the game.

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Can I use blockchain technology? Will artificial intelligence take over my career? What exactly is "Machine Learning"? These are some of the questions „SHIFT – Living in the Digital Age“ tries to answer.

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