The Covid-19 virus wasn't the only thing on people's minds in Europe last year.
A new report from Finch Capital, a venture capital firm that's based in the UK, notes that the region is in the midst of an "epidemic" of Covid-19 and other highly contagious diseases, as well as a shortage of health-care workers, VentureBeat reports.
The report notes that European tech startups invested $85 billion in the region's tech ecosystem in 2022the second-highest year for tech ecosystem investment in the worldand that the health-tech sector is expected to grow at a similar rate in the next few years.
And while there's no "silver bullet" for the region's health-care workforce shortage, there are ways to help it recover, writes Finch's co-founder and CEO, Rishi Sunak, in the Telegraph.
Among them: more flexible work hours, more affordable health insurance, and the use of technology to help workers manage burnout.
"As a true believer in tech for good, and having seen the benefits of innovation, I remain ever optimistic we as society and industry leaders have positive options to put into action," Sunak writes.
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