Future of Healthcare
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España: Evolución gasto sanitario (’21)
📢 El MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD ha lanzado el informe “Principales resultados: Sistema de Cuentas de Salud 2021”, que destaca la EVOLUCIÓN DEL GASTO SANITARIO desde 2017 hasta 2021. 🏥📊 Según este estudio, el gasto sanitario ha experimentado un CRECIMIENTO del 25% entre 2017 y 2021. ¡Un hito significativo para nuestro sistema de salud! 💪💰 En el año 2021, el gasto total en el sistema sanitario español alcanzó los 132.000 M€, con un 71% financiado por el sector PÚBLICO y un 29% por el sector PRIVADO. 📈Esto representa un aumento del 7,5%⬆️ en comparación con el año anterior. El informe también revela que la INVERSIÓN PER CÁPITA en salud aumentó a…
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Human Centered Design
🌍🤝 Human Centered Design (HCD) is an approach that PUTS PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF PRODUCT, SERVICE, AND SYSTEM DESIGN. HCD is paving the way for a more PATIENT-CENTRIC FUTURE. 🙌🌟 By considering the unique needs, preferences, and characteristics of individuals, we can create HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS that truly make a difference. 💪💙 In the world of healthcare, HCD opens up endless possibilities for innovation and improvement. 🚀🔬✨It allows us to IDENTIFY AND BRIDGE GAPS IN CARE, ENSURING THAT NO PATIENT IS LEFT BEHIND. 🤝 👥🔍💭 By OBSERVING healthcare professionals, such as nurses, we gain valuable insights for projects like medication safety. 💊👩⚕️And through methods like SHADOWING and CONTEXTUAL INQUIRY, we uncover…
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Building a COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM!
💪 Healthcare leaders and the NEW GENERATION OF healthcare professionals share a common vision: a future where healthcare is delivered in CONNECTED, CONVENIENT, and SUSTAINABLE ways across CARE SETTINGS, empowered by DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY. To turn this vision into reality, we must recognize that COLLABORATION is the key, both within our organizations and beyond. TOGETHER, we can shape the future of healthcare! 🤝💡 🌐 The latest FUTURE HEALTH INDEX HIGHLIGHTS the diverse forms collaboration is taking. Healthcare providers are forming PARTNERSHIPS with organizations across the healthcare value chain to provide PERSONALIZED and INTEGRATED care. They are embracing health technology companies and data/IT providers:➤ To streamline processes➤ To leverage automation➤ AI adoption ➤ Data-driven…
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One Health
🌍 As we move towards a more interconnected world, it’s becoming increasingly clear that our health is intimately TIED TO THE HEALTH OF THE WORLD AROUND US. That’s why ONE HEALTH, the pursuit of transdisciplinary collaboration to achieve optimal health for both people, animals, and the environment, is quickly emerging as a major force of change in the healthcare sector. 👥🐶🌳💊 At its core, ONE HEALTH is all about recognizing the INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF EVERYTHING in our world. We can no longer afford to view human health in isolation from the health of the environment and the animals that inhabit it. Instead, we need to take a MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH, WORKING…
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Major Forces in Healthcare
🩺💡 FOUR MAJOR FORCES of change are impacting the HEALTHCARE sector! These macro-trends are present across all areas. The trends are:🧘♀️ SELF-CARE and PREVENTION: Increased awareness of health care by individuals, accelerated by the pandemic. Seeking comprehensive health, both physical and mental, and even spiritual. 🤖 PRECISION HEALTH: Disruptive technologies that impact the healthcare sector such as wearables, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, 3D printing, quantum computing, or IoT, making healthcare services more precise and hyper-personalized. 🤲 HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN: A greater desire to create products and services that provide real value to people, considering THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS, preferences, and characteristics, offering ease and convenience. 🌍 ONE HEALTH: Pursuing transdisciplinary collaboration to…
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Data integration
DATA INTEGRATION is a game-changer in healthcare, transforming the hospital model by allowing doctors and healthcare professionals to access COMPLETE and UP-TO-DATE PATIENT information. This technology enables COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, and COORDINATION between different information systems, improving the understanding of diseases and patient care. By prioritizing efficiency and decision-making, data integration offers competitive advantages resulting in:➤ Higher positive OUTCOMES 📈🩺➤ Better patient and family SATISFACTION RATES 📱🌍 👩🏻💻 Through the INTEGRATION OF DATA, electronic medical records can be created with complete patient information, allowing 👩⚕️👨⚕️ healthcare professionals to quickly access that information and IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE. 🌍 INTEROPERABILITY enables the collection and analysis of large amounts of medical data,…
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Remote Monitoring Support Center
The AGING POPULATION 👴🏼and the increase in CHRONIC DISEASES pose a well-known and significant CHALLENGE for the healthcare system 🎯 Spinal cord epidural neurostimulation implant has been used as a treatment for refractory chronic pain🌩️ A set of SERVICES has been designed in Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves (Granada, Spain), including a MOBILE APPLICATION 📲 for patients and a WEBSITE 🖥️ for healthcare professionals, as well as a Remote Monitoring Support Center (CSSR) 📞 Patients with a neurostimulator are EVALUATED and REGISTERED periodically, measuring program ADHERENCE, the number of patients who receive a definitive implant,…, among other factors 📀 📅 From January 2021 to April 2022, 50 patients have been included…
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Desafíos en Sanidad
La SANIDAD enfrenta grandes DESAFÍOS 🧐 en el futuro y es fundamental estar preparados para que los PACIENTES reciban una atención de CALIDAD. Para el manejo de retos tan complejos, en las últimas semanas hemos compartido varias sesiones de trabajo para la EXPANSIÓN DE INICIATIVAS que pueden aportar SOLUCIONES en torno a cuatro puntos: ➤ ATENCIÓN REMOTA de PACIENTES IMPLANTADOS 📡❤️Con tecnología de vanguardia, es posible monitorizar a los pacientes -implantados con dispositivos- a distancia, lo que permite una atención más EFICIENTE y PERSONALIZADA, reduciendo las visitas al hospital a las únicamente necesarias. ➤ HOSPITALIZACIÓN A DOMICILIO 🩺🏠En lugar de hospitalizar a los pacientes, se pueden brindar servicios de atención…
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Patient Empowerment
🩺 HEALTH is a SHARED RESPONSIBILITY between the patient and the healthcare provider. Although healthcare professionals 🧑🏻⚕️have the expertise and knowledge to provide the best treatment possible, THE PATIENT ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE in their own recovery. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY for one’s clinical treatment includes taking steps to maintain good health, following the doctor’s instructions, informing the doctor of any changes in health, and attending regular appointments 📝 COLLABORATION between the patient and the doctor is essential for achieving a SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME in clinical treatment. 🔼 By taking responsibility for their health, patients can increase their chances of recovery and improve their quality of life. There are several DIGITAL TOOLS…
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AI in Healthcare
In recent years, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) 🧠 has been one of the hottest topics in the technology world and it is being talked about more and more in various fields. It is undeniable that AI is TRANSFORMING the way we live, work and relate to each other 🤔 As we move towards the next year, it is exciting to see the new advancements and developments that are coming in the field of AI. New techniques in MACHINE LEARNING AND DEEP LEARNING 🖥️ are being developed, allowing machines to learn more efficiently and accurately. Additionally, AI is becoming increasingly present in everyday life, from automating tasks at home and work to…
