Posts tagged medicine
How Do You Make Decisions in Healthcare? (Talya Miron-Shatz)

“Digital health experts know a lot about health, a lot about technology, but oftentimes they don't know a lot about the psychology of the users, the behavioral economics and ways in which you can motivate them," says Talya Miron- Shatz, PhD, an expert in medical decision making.

The psychology behind decision-making is crucial for companies to be able to present meaningful information to people, not just offer them data people can’t understand.

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F114 “My hope is we will mispronounce COVID in ten years” (John Nosta)

In some aspects, January 2021 seems like March 2020. In March, the virus was here, but we didn’t know much about it. By 2021, the vaccine is here, but it’s unclear if enough people will get vaccinated. Will it be a few months or more before the vaccinated individuals will need to get a booster dose? What will be the impact of the new strain of coronavirus that’s spreading faster than the previous strains? There’s a lot of factors it seems that to make a point against being overly optimistic. John Nosta disagrees.

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