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The most rapid increase was in direct-to-consumer advertising, which increased from $2.1 billion in 1997 to $9.6 billion in 2016.

With many M&As and joint ventures happening, IT infrastructure leaders must be extremely agile in expanding tech capabilities on short notice, Verizon's Nancy Green says.

CHI and Dignity are expected to close their merger at the end of the month.

The software has made a big impact on ED workflow and care quality, since doctors can now have more informed conversations with patients.

Mark Duman, managing director of MD Healthcare Consultants, urges all stakeholders to collaborate in order to achieve a cultural shift in the NHS discusses that would enable citizens to embrace innovation.

The NHS must ensure that all stakeholders are prepared and willing to embrace innovation, says James Freed, CIO, Health Education England.

Results support the need to develop "universal disinfection protocols" for such equipment and areas to cut down on the risk of infecting patients, study author says.

Also, physicians are not incentivized to prescribe more expensive prescriptions, Community Oncology Alliance says.

With the increasing volume and complexity of data in clinical situations, artificial intelligence can help support and guide care providers' decision-making processes, says Dimitri Fane, director of product management of TrakCare at InterSystems.

Dr. William Ibbotson, a medical officer with the Royal Flying Doctors Service, talks about rolling out a light, mobile and agile EMR system that aims to better serve patients in areas where there may not be Internet or satellite coverage.