Care City Weekly: Second Week In September
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Care City Weekly: Second Week In September
The power of confidence; patient design in digital health and more...
Hello there to our wonderful readers.
How is the weekend starting for you? For me, I am sitting here, right in front of my PC, punching my keyboard.
This week's edition is coming a little bit late.
Apologies.
I got a little bit busy with "Daddy's Responsibilities."
Yes, you got it.
I welcomed my sweet baby girl into this world last week.
And her arrival placed a sudden pause on all that I was doing, both online and at my workplace.
I have written a lot about the whole experience, and I will be publishing them soon in my Substack newsletter.
You can subscribe here to get the whole gist [lots of leadership lessons for young men and young families].
OK, Now, let's dive into what we have for you.
Ayinla Daniel.
Editor, Care City.
Content
Care City Leadership Message: The Power of Confidence | Part 2
Digital Health: The Importance of Patient Design
The Internet's Top Digital Health and Health-tech News
Care City Weekly Leadership Message
The Power of Confidence: Nurturing Confidence | Part ii
“Most people live in a restricted circle of potential.” —William James.
Confidence is a superpower
Last week [on Care City Weekly] we started talking about confidence. This week, we will be rounding up [though there’s still a lot to talk about; besides, who finishes talking or writing about any topic? Nobody].
A lot of people have stepped into greatness because they were simply confident in their “growing” abilities.
They were not yet masters of their craft, art, or profession when they started, they just understood the importance of being confident in their abilities.
This is what you must know, my dear friends.
You must be confident in yourself.
And if you have discovered that you lack confidence, here are some “personal” tips that will help your confidence level grow.
Know that you are worthy: This is important. Never look down on yourself. Never. If you are human and are alive, you are special and unique, and you have an important role to play here on planet earth. You are not useless. You have talents and gifts that can change people’s lives for the best. There’s goodness inside of you. Greatness lives inside you. You are worthy. You have the potential to be great. It all depends on you. The first step in developing confidence is knowing that you are worthy and not worthless. Thank God for science and research. Recent research in neuroplasticity has discovered that human beings can rewire their brains. So, this implies that if you die with your potential, it’s nobody’s fault but yours. You refused to do anything about releasing the hidden genius in you. The blame falls on you. You can choose to be confident. It’s not magic.
Discover yourself: People who lack confidence don’t know what they are carrying. The disease of not knowing what you carry will prevent you from believing in yourself. How can you believe in something that’s not tangible to you? The path to self-discovery is not the same for everyone. People are built differently. But there are universal principles that you can apply to your journey. There’s no self-discovery without work. You can’t just sit idle and wish for the goodness within you to manifest. You have got to work. And when I mean work, I mean engage yourself. Get a job, and do it diligently. If you want to take the entrepreneurial or business path, then do it with all your heart. It’s people who do things with all their hearts that get to release their potential. Through work, and interacting with other people, you will naturally discover what you can do and what you are not cut out for.
This week, we are deliberately focusing on digital health and healthcare innovation.
In fact, we have decided to dedicate September to digital health.
Most of the content we will publish this month will be about digital health.
Digital Health: The importance of patient design
Healthcare consumerism has changed.
And healthcare brands that will survive this paradigm shift are those that understand the pattern of 21st-century healthcare consumerism.
In recent times, the internet and social media have made information available to virtually everyone with access to the internet.
Information that was once only privy to a handful of professionals is now available to the public– anyone with access to the internet can get hold of any kind of information and make use of it in whatever ways they want.
The age we find ourselves in is primarily driven by information. Some argue that we are gradually leaving the information age and are now in the digital age, while some bring a different argument to bear that we are stepping into the experience age. Whatever it is, we are at a time in our existence as a species that is totally reliant on information.
This present civilization will crumble if you take information and communication away from us. We are connected by information, and there’s no going back.
This total reliance on information and communication has also affected healthcare delivery in a positive way.
There was a time in the history of healthcare when healthcare professionals were the only ones who had access to certain types of information. The patient didn’t know too much about their disease condition or health.
They relied solely on what doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals told them about their health. They didn’t have a say when it came to planning their care.
This has changed today in the age of information. Patients now have access to all sorts of healthcare information [good, ugly, and bad].
They know more about their health conditions. They know more about their disease processes, treatment options, medications, and more. And this knowledge that they have has changed their perspective; they now want to be more involved in their care. They want to have a say. It’s so natural.
Top Digital Health & Health-tech News On The Internet
Experts have developed a new drug that treats cataracts
Motion sensors that help detect age-related diseases
Scientists are using AI to dream up revolutionary new proteins
Scientists have developed tattoos that change colour in response to changes in your body chemistry
Read more here.
Nigerian healthtech startup Reliance Health raises $40M
Digital health info-graphic from "The Medical Futurist" that describes the overall importance and usefulness of Digital Health Technologies.
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