Top 3 Healthcare Industry Trends in 2022

By: Lotfi Al-Sarori

The healthcare industry is growing rapidly. Revenue of the healthcare industry was estimated at 2.7 trillion USD in 2021 according to Statista. Moreover, the global digital health market, valued at 175 billion USD in 2019, is expected to reach around 660 billion USD by 2025.

With this growth, there are a few industry trends that we have been witnessing during the past years. Some of these trends are picking up the pace and starting to materialize in a larger scale. Three of these are expected to become major healthcare motifs in 2022. They are discussed in the next sections.

How the digital economy is fueling the wellness industry

By: Cesilia Faustina

The health and wellness sector are multi-billion dollar industries. The concept of health and wanting to have a healthy life has always existed since ancient times, however, it really gained momentum in the 1950s-1970s thanks to the influence of a network of well-known physicians and thinkers in the US. The wellness industry today has a much more different concept. What was once a top-down approach to health, where health information would be distributed from dominant thinkers and prestigious institutions, has turned into a participatory approach. The public can now easily receive information about health through various sources and distributors, something made especially apparent with the rise of the digital economy.

Digital technology and COVID-19: Reflections and Expectations

By: Omar Abdulhafiz

As the turbulent year of 2020 approaches its final quarter, now is a good time to reflect on how Information Technology persevered among these exceptional circumstances. In this regard, we may ask ourselves, what role did Information Technology play? And how did it (or did it not) help us cope with these unprecedented challenges? Moreover, and more importantly, what does this all mean for the future?

In this article, we will discuss two main lessons that we learned about Information Technology this year, and they are as follows.

Emerging digital trends in clinical software

By Cesilia Faustina

In 2020, the healthcare sector is expected to face new profound challenges and trends. Fuelled by advancements in the digital health sector, digital transformation is surely going to be a major foundation for delivering a personalized future.

This will give way for the healthcare sector to be more innovative while promoting greater collaboration and coming up with cheaper and more direct tools for clinicians.

Working from home vs. working at the office: Which is better for your business?

By: Omar Abdul-Hafiz

The recent predicament with the outbreak of the coronavirus has created nothing short of an earthquake in the business landscape worldwide. One major aspect of this shockwave was the sudden urgent need to keep the flow of work going while still adhering to the safety measures necessary to counter the spread of the pandemic. And none of these efforts would have been effective without the option to switch to remote work as an urgent alternative to the traditional office-based model of work.

And if there’s one thing this has taught us, it’s that the current status quo that we have lived comfortably with for years can, and will, be disrupted in a matter of a few weeks. As such, working at an office became a no-option for a large number of enterprises around the world, and working from home became the one and only way to keep work going.

5 ways the Cloud is transforming the education sector

By: Cesilia Faustina

Schools and higher education have gone through many changes throughout the years. Now change is even more prominent with a new change of lifestyle. As years have passed, we have witnessed an increased rate of blended learning across various educational institutions, which have created greater demands for education technology.

This change, especially with the world going through lockdown, has led for the demand of online education and Cloud computing in the education sector. More than ever now, I think it is safe to say that the Cloud is something highly needed in the midst of the corona outbreak. Corona aside though, the Cloud has been a worthy tool way before online education became cool.

7 ways digital education is changing classrooms

By: Cesilia Faustina

COVID-19 or not, there’s no point in denying that digitalization is the future. We all live in a world where technology is slowly becoming our new overlords, and everyday activities tend to involve technology these days. The education sector is one great example of this.

Bureaucrats have long been criticized for not doing enough with the education system. From lack of equality to a bureaucratic system, there are tons to criticize about the way things are done. In the US, critics of public education argue that schools completely run on bureaucracy with many public education being tied to so many stakeholders, ergo, insufficiently distribute education to all students. Even one of the countries with some of the best education systems, such as Finland, is being criticised.

Digital trends are affecting the way manufacturers conduct business

By: Cesilia Faustina

The rise of digital transformation is affecting the way manufacturers are running businesses. What used to be a clear-cut method of conducting business is now filled with uncertainty, especially when it comes to industrial manufacturers. We are witnessing more complex projects, multiple product lines and large industrial facilities that are already hard to navigate by itself, however, imagine having to manage it through increasing demands and competition.

The manufacturing industry can no longer depend on avoiding multiple obstacles through traditional means, too much is at stake for their business. This is why most manufacturing companies are now moving towards digital solutions to help them achieve greater efficiency. Production transparency is now being achieved through digitalization and innovative technologies. A survey conducted by PwC showed that 72 percent of manufacturing companies are drastically increasing their level of digitization and expected to be ranked as digitally advanced by 2020.