This shift from standardization to personalization in health care could accelerate industry evolution with quality, cheap care and better outcomes. Consumption, continuous care, and home care are transforming the global healthcare sector. These three Cs are transforming healthcare with technology.
The global epidemic has forced us to rethink the healthcare system in the last several years. The healthcare business is rapidly moving toward patient-centricity due to the exponential expansion of innovative technological solutions. Patients want accurate health information and treatment options.
This shift from standardization to personalization in health care could accelerate industry evolution with quality, cheap care and better outcomes. Consumption, continuous care, and home care are transforming the global healthcare sector. These three Cs are transforming healthcare with technology.
Consumerism: Patient-centered care
Health care consumerization is growing. It is a consumer-driven environment where patients actively participate in treatment decisions. Personalization in health care is rising as individuals desire clear and accessible information about their health and treatment options.
Numerous studies support this. Research shows that three-fourths of patients taking top cholesterol, asthma, arthritis, etc. drugs don’t benefit. Pharmacogenomics/whole-genome sequencing studies have found that 40–80% of patients respond better to non-standard personalised drug regimens, demonstrating that consumer-focused healthcare systems produce better and more cost-effective results.
Technology was crucial. Point-of-care and remote monitoring systems reduce lag and increase visit value with fast actions. This consumer-centric system will accelerate with population health stratification tools that enable targeted personalized care.
Care 24/7
Lack of coordination and information integration between providers fragments care and may lower treatment quality. The continuous care paradigm is evolving to improve healthcare provider and customer access.
Continuous care delivered through an impactful digital health care program that uses health monitoring devices and wearables led to over two-thirds of patients (71%) achieving target blood pressure control, compared to 31 percent under usual care. Digital glucose monitoring programs reduce physical interventions by 50%, doubling diabetes management capacity.
Smartphones and wearables are driving continuous care. India has 930 million smartphone users and a smart wearables market expected to grow 23.91 percent over the next five years.
Easy-to-wear devices and AR/VR technology let people manage behavioral health in a non-clinical context. Mobile apps and chatbots that advise users on real-time discoveries are other health-tech drivers.
Homecare: 24/7 assistance
Providing high-quality clinical services to patients at home is the third “C” influencing the future of health care. It improves patient experience, reduces hospital resource and staff strain, and is cost-effective and easy.
Research shows that 40% of hospital admissions can be managed at home. A research found that at-home care programs reduced total costs by 32%, hospital stays by 3.2 days (vs. 4.9 days), and problems by 15%.
Medtech innovations have scaled up home care and created a more integrated healthcare model by helping care providers track patients’ physiological conditions in non-clinical settings, including any health issues that require emergency intervention. With the impending large-scale implementation of 5G technology, more people will have remote access to health care.
Healthcare’s future
Continuous, personalized, and location-based health care will define the future. Digital technology will bring us there.
Real-time clinical/non-clinical data monitoring, IOT-enabled analytics, and AI-powered predictive care will provide global physician access. This digitally advanced care system will also offer aspiring health technology workers a chance to improve the globe.
As fresh talent improves and develops new technologies, a superior care ecosystem will grow, altering how health care providers, policymakers, and consumers view and access care. Stakeholders will keep consumers at the core of the ecosystem and help them live healthier while improving the health system.
APN Settings Team