Healthcare technology is a buzzword that appears daily in the news. She was joined by Joost Maltha who shared insights from his time being onsite at Philips’ Community Life Centers. A love of technology and its potential for helping people with healthcare led Liat Ben-Zur to join Philips in 2014. Philips’ Mandera, Kenya Community Life Center brings healthcare access as well as a community center for socializing and economic growth. Things like solar-powered medical backpacks and wind-up electrical medical devices could be used in emergency situations where there also was a lack of power, connectivity and clean water.

Source: Huffington Post December 06, 2017 19:16 UTC