Digital adoption is no longer a need but a much awaited ‘priority’ in healthcare: Sayak Das, Airo Digital Labson May 6, 2021 at 1:25 am on May 6, 2021 at 1:25 am health-it – Health News | Latest Health & Healthcare Industry Information and Updates: ET HealthWorld : ETHealthworld.com

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Traditionally, healthcare, pharma, biotech were lagging digitally. They have never been the leaders because of the regulatory environment they work in. It’s not very easy to adopt new technologies. Digital workforce is not a threat to human workforce, is actually going to augment human workforce.health-it – Health News | Latest Health & Healthcare Industry Information and Updates: ET HealthWorld : ETHealthworld.comTraditionally, healthcare, pharma, biotech were lagging digitally. They have never been the leaders because of the regulatory environment they work in. It’s not very easy to adopt new technologies. Digital workforce is not a threat to human workforce, is actually going to augment human workforce.

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Digital adoption is no longer a need but a much awaited ‘priority’ in healthcare: Sayak Das, Airo Digital Labson May 6, 2021 at 1:25 am on May 6, 2021 at 1:25 am health-it – Health News | Latest Health & Healthcare Industry Information and Updates: ET HealthWorld : ETHealthworld.com

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