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MacVoices #25162: Live! - Apple Tech in Healthcare and the Decline of Audiobook Access

MacVoices #25162: Live! - Apple Tech in Healthcare and the Decline of Audiobook Access

Season 2025 Episode 25162 Published 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Description

A Georgia hospital showcases Apple technology in patient care, using iPads, iMacs, and Apple Watches to improve access, security, and communication. The panel of Chuck Joiner, Marty Jencius, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Eric Bolden, and Web Bixby also discusses potential impacts of cuts to audiobook and e-book lending programs in U.S. libraries due to federal funding changes, highlighting concerns about access for rural communities, students, and those who rely on digital formats.

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:10 Apple in Hospitals 08:53 Audiobook Library Funding Cuts 18:22 The Impact of E-Book Lending Changes

Links:

Emory hospital replaces PCs with Apple in patient care https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/05/22/how-one-hospital-is-reinventing-care-with-apple-tech

US libraries cut ebook and audiobook lending programs following Trump executive order https://www.engadget.com/mobile/us-libraries-cut-ebook-and-audiobook-lending-programs-following-trump-executive-order-205113868.html

Wisconsin Digital Title Circulation https://insights.overdrive.com/dashboards/46b70dbf1a174512b8d6852d192e4bea

Guests:

Web Bixby has been in the insurance business for 40 years and has been an Apple user for longer than that.You can catch up with him on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Eric Bolden is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. You can connect with him on Twitter, by email at embolden@mac.com, on Mastodon at @eabolden@techhub.social, on his blog, Trending At Work, and as co-host on The Vision ProFiles podcast.

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