It’s a Mobile World (Part 2/2): Accelerating Care via Purpose-built Devices

The conversation between Verizon’s Robin Goldsmith and Social Mobile’s CEO Robert Morcos ramps up to a lively banter on new healthcare delivery models, AI, security and how purpose-built devices enable the new care ecosystem to meet ever evolving consumer needs and deliver data faster and more efficiently into the hands of healthcare providers.

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