- Digital Progress and Trends Report 2025: Strengthening AI Foundations
Report · 23 November 2025
This report provides a comprehensive, data-driven snapshot of the global AI landscape. It highlights a stark divide: Most innovations remain concentrated in high-income countries. Yet, a promising…
- Will telehealth continue under the Biden administration? | The TechTank Podcast
Podcast · 30 November 2020
TechTank, a biweekly podcast from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, explores today’s most consequential technology issues. Moderators Nicol Turner Lee and Darrell West speak with…
- Securing Healthcare Records using Blockchain Technology
Report · 10 April 2019
The modern day methods used to record as well as share patient related data are deeply flawed. These shortcomings limit the amount of access patients have to their clinical records, reduce…
- Why Blockchain Technology Is Important for Healthcare Professionals
Report · 24 July 2017
Blockchain technology is a system of creating an immutable, secure, distributed database of transactions. Blockchains were initially created to provide a distributed ledger of financial transactions…
- Ethics, AI, Mass Data and Pandemic Challenges: Responsible Data Use and Infrastructure Application for Surveillance and Pre-emptive Tracing Post-crisis
Report · 4 May 2020
As the COVID-19 health pandemic rages governments and private companies across the globe are utilising AI-assisted surveillance, reporting, mapping and tracing technologies with the intention of…
- Overcoming Rural Health Care Barriers through Innovative Wireless Health Technologies
Speech · 23 June 2010
This testimony, submitted by Darrell West, Vice President of the Brookings Institution, to the U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs in 2010, identifies wireless health technologies as the key to…
- mHealth in China and the United States: How Mobile Technology is Transforming Health Care in the World’s Two Largest Economies
Report · 12 March 2014
This report addresses the global challenges facing traditional healthcare systems, including rising costs, aging populations, and chronic illnesses, and highlights mobile technology as a…
- How to build back better with telehealth | The TechTank Podcast
Podcast · 29 November 2021
The rapid expansion of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally reshaped the American healthcare landscape, with usage increasing 78-fold within a single year. This podcast episode…
- Lessons learned from Taiwan and South Korea’s tech-enabled COVID-19 communications
Report · 5 October 2020
The global COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a massive infodemic characterized by the rapid spread of health misinformation, which has led to real-world harm and decreased trust in institutions. While…
- How to build more equitable vaccine distribution technology
Report · 23 February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted significant disparities in the United States healthcare system, particularly regarding the digital infrastructure used for vaccine distribution. This article…
- The US lacks health information technologies to stop COVID-19 epidemic
Blog · 13 March 2020
This article argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally shifted the requirements for health information technology, emphasizing that data interoperability is no longer just a medical luxury…
- Health care in Africa: Emerging technologies at play
Report · 15 November 2024
This article examines the transformative impact of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies on Africa’s healthcare landscape, positioning the continent as an emerging global hub for "health…
- Using information and communication technology to improve mental health in Africa
Report · 15 May 2023
This report addresses the critical yet often overlooked intersection of mental health, economic development, and information technology in Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors highlight a staggering gap…
- How surveillance technology powered South Korea’s COVID-19 response
Report · 28 April 2020
South Korea has been widely praised for its use of technology in containing the coronavirus, and that praise has, at times, generated a sense of mystique, suggesting that Korea has developed…
- Digital public technology can help drive sustainable development progress
Blog · 14 June 2022
Digital technology is receiving growing attention in international dialogues on global prosperity and stability. In August 2021, the G-20 digital ministers identified ways digitalization can enhance…
- How does tech policy fall short in protecting people with disabilities? | The TechTank Podcast
Podcast · 7 August 2022
TechTank, a biweekly podcast from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, explores today’s most consequential technology issues. Moderators Nicol Turner Lee and Darrell West speak with…
- How the tech sector can protect personal data post-Roe
Report · 26 October 2022
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last summer, journalists and privacy advocates alike quickly sounded the alarm about the potential for prosecutors to use…
- Leveraging AI and emerging technologies to unlock Africa�s potential
Report · 13 January 2025
Africa is on track to meet less than 6% of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The international development community and policymakers alike are looking for development accelerators…