1.cardiac
adj. of or relating to the heart
Cardiac describes anything that's connected or related to the heart. During a cardiac exam, a doctor listens to your heartbeat and takes your pulse.
2.recite
v. repeat aloud from memory
You are showing off your ability to recite, or repeat aloud from memory, when you say the entire text of "The Gettysburg Address" or name all the past winners of your town’s asparagus eating contest.
3.manifestation
n. a clear appearance
A manifestation is the public display of emotion or feeling, or something theoretical made real.
4.momentum
n. the product of a body's mass and its velocity
Momentum is generally used to mean increasing forward motion. A boulder rolling down a hill gains momentum. So does a great idea, a team on a winning streak, or the economy.
5.sensor
n. any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
6.pharmaceutical
adj. of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
A pharmaceutical is any kind of drug used for medicinal purposes, like cough syrup or sleeping pills.
7.incumbent
adj. necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
An incumbent is an official who holds an office. If you want to run for congress, you're going to have to beat the incumbent.
8.reimbursement
n. compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.
A reimbursement is a repayment for money you've already spent. When you travel for work, you get a reimbursement for your work-related expenses, like hotel bills and plane tickets, but you'll have to pay for that trip to the circus yourself.
9.pharma
n. a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals
10.deride
v. treat or speak of with contempt
The verb deride means to show a low opinion of someone or something. The jerk would deride the other kids on the bus by calling them names or pulling their hair until the driver decided to de-ride him by kicking him off the bus.
11.backdrop
n. scenery hung at back of stage
A backdrop is the scenery that hangs behind the actors in a play. You might help to paint the backdrop for your school's production of "The Sound of Music."
12.diabetic
n. someone who has diabetes
If you're a diabetic, you are a person who suffers from the disease of diabetes. Diabetics tend to have wildly varying blood sugar levels, which can sometimes be dangerous.
13.blockbuster
n. an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
A blockbuster is a Hollywood movie that's made with a large budget and big stars. A true blockbuster is extremely popular and brings in a lot of money.
14.insulin
n. hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells
15.innovator
n. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
Innovators innovate — that is, they create new ideas or ways of doing things. The Wright brothers were the ultimate innovators: they were the first to fly.
16.mammogram
n. X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast
17.intrigue
n. a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
An intrigue is a secret plot. If you ever become the monarch of a small island kingdom, keep watch for signs of any intrigue against you.
18.contraceptive
n. an agent or device intended to prevent conception
19.onerous
adj. not easily borne; wearing
If one teacher gives you three hours of homework a night, that's rough. But if all of your teachers do it, that makes the task of completing your homework an onerous one, to say the least. If something is onerous, it is very difficult to deal with or do.
20.upheaval
n. a violent disturbance
Upheaval means a violent or sudden change. You might talk about an upheaval in government following an election where many incumbents are replaced.
First wave of Digitization brought existing business practice on computer thus increasing productivity in doing the paperwork and developing new efficient business practice. This second wave of digitization is upending the business itself by changing the core itself.
Digitization of healthcare can't come soon enough. Doctors, hospitals and Pharma companies while doing a great job prey on the vulnerable. Doctors prescribe expensive branded medicines instead of cheaper generic in return of kickbacks from Pharma cos, making patient undergo needless tests and longer stay in hospitals as doctors are under pressure of corporate hospitals to increase their 'revenue'. Many doctors even adopt unethical practice of misleading the patients by scaring them into undergoing needless surgical procedures in name of profits.
However one aspect which is missing in this perspective article is - people will benefit from digitization and devices like fit bit in not only leading healthier lives but also in terms of paying lower health insurance premiums. Sooner rather than later, health insurers would source data on people's health from apps, devices and offer lower premiums to healthier people. Government can similarly incentivize welfare payments and healthcare services by promoting healthier lifestyle through apps and devices.
However in all this people would be chained to one more device - 'voluntarily' . I still remember a decade or 15 years back forgetting mobile phones at home while you went to school or to work was not big issue compared to today where everyone is glued to their smartphones lest they miss something 'important'.
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