Public concerns about health security override worries about privacy. Governments integrate immunity and health data with national identities facilitated by digital identity platforms. Insufficient regulatory control risks the possibility of pervasive and invasive surveillance.
A pragmatic response to a pandemic is to dial up tracking, tracing and wider bio-surveillance in order to isolate the virus and manage the contagion. But this may come at a cost. Privacy advocates warn that it is precisely in times of crisis that governments focus too much on short term need without robustly exploring the potential consequences; the impact on the right to a private life or the risk of greater surveillance, for example.
This 2030 foresight explores why, while proof of immunity is just one way in which the merging of health and identity technologies can be used, it is also the catalyst for wider change. This will not only be about creating and sharing new kinds of health data but also about new access credentials. Indeed, being asked for proof of immunity could well see people being limited in their freedom of movement, not on the basis of citizenship or wealth, but on their individual health.
For more details see www.futureagenda.org @futureagenda
The future of digital identity 2019 future agendaFuture Agenda
How we prove that we are who or what we say we are during digital transactions and interactions is set to become one of the defining features of the next stage of the human digital transformation. Today, we are living with early attempts to solve the problem that are no longer fit for purpose. At best, the multitude of different ways we login, confirm our identities, and establish trust in claims made during digital exchanges, has become profoundly inconvenient. At worst, they have left us in a connected world which is neither safe nor secure, and in which we seem to have completely lost control of our most personal information. The next generation solutions to the digital identity challenge could change all of this.
In the short term, new solutions are likely to move us towards the promise of a single Digital ID that allows us to simply, safely and securely navigate a connected world.
Looking further forward, the changes could be even more profound. The ways that we digitally manage, share and verify our personal information could well come to completely redefine the human digital experience. Current digital business models that seem immutable could collapse. Centres of digital power might shift radically. And the current personal data ‘land grab’ could be replaced by a new digital norm in which individuals can finally make meaningful claims to data ownership and control.
However, there are a number of potentially calamitous pitfalls to navigate along the way. Some of these could lead to whole new kinds of digital dystopia.
At the end of 2018, Future Agenda undertook a major project exploring the Future of Digital Identity. With the generous support of Mastercard, the Future Agenda team ran a series of expert workshops in different locations around the world that explored the key factors that are likely to shape the future of digital identity. The programme began with an initial perspective as a provocation. Participants in the workshops then gave us new, more fully formed, insights which were in turn explored further during one-to-one interviews with major stakeholders and thinkers in the space.
As always, we consider our reports to be the start point for further conversations, and would welcome further input. If you would like to join the conversation, you can join our LinkedIn Group here. If you have any further questions or would like to have a conversation about how your organisation can best make use of our
Data Provenance is the third of Future Agenda’s ‘World in 2030’ foresights. In our data abundant, interconnected world mutual dependencies are often at the heart of key infrastructure. In this ever-expanding environment, it is vital to ensure that data systems are trusted. This is where data provenance comes in. Knowing the origin of data can help to assess its quality, accuracy and reliability. It also allows us to assess value and ownership and could contribute to the redistribution of profit when data is resold or reused. But does ubiquitous provenance mean that we will never be able to do anything, even remotely privately, ever again? And will the benefits of greater cyber security be an adequate compensation for this?
Drawn from multiple expert discussions around the world, this foresight is one of 50 looking at the key issues for the next decade that are being shared throughout 2020.
https://www.futureagenda.org/foresights/dataprovenance/
https://www.futureagenda.org/the-world-in-2030/
The first of Future Agenda’s ‘World in 2030’ foresights addresses the emerging shift in how multinational digital companies may be taxed in the future so that they make a more balanced contribution to society. In a world increasingly aware of the asymmetric power and influence of organisations that don’t comply to norms and regulations created in the 19th and 20th centuries, it explores three different avenues that could have global impact: the adoption of digital revenue taxes such as those being introduced in Europe; a more sophisticated ‘wealth’ tax on the value of the data an organisation owns, manages, stores or uses; and the idea of a data dividend where all citizens receive a payment for the use of their data as part of a company’s social licence to operate.
Each are being proposed and gaining support with multiple governments globally - and so should be on the radar of any data-rich organisation.
Drawn from multiple expert discussions around the world, this foresight is one of 50 looking at the key issues for the next decade that are being shared throughout 2020.
For more details see https://www.futureagenda.org/the-world-in-2030/
Future of digital identity programme summary - 19 mar 2019 lrFuture Agenda
How we prove that we are who or what we say we are during digital transactions and interactions is set to become one of the defining features of the next stage of the human digital transformation. Today, we are living with early attempts to solve the problem that are no longer fit for purpose. At best, the multitude of different ways we login, confirm our identities, and establish trust in claims made during digital exchanges, has become profoundly inconvenient. At worst, they have left us in a connected world which is neither safe nor secure, and in which we seem to have completely lost control of our most personal information. The next generation solutions to the digital identity challenge could change all of this.
At the end of 2018, Future Agenda undertook a major project exploring the Future of Digital Identity. With the generous support of Mastercard, the Future Agenda team ran a series of expert workshops in different locations around the world that explored the key factors that are likely to shape the future of digital identity. The programme began with an initial perspective as a provocation. Participants in the workshops then gave us new, more fully formed, insights which were in turn explored further during one-to-one interviews with major stakeholders and thinkers in the space.
We are proud to launch this report of the findings of that work
We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to all of those who contributed to the programme.
As always, we consider our reports to be the start point for further conversations, and would welcome further input. If you would like to join the conversation, you can join our LinkedIn Group here. If you have any further questions or would like to have a conversation about how your organisation can best make use of our respond to the implications of the Future of Digital Identity please contact
Dr Robin Pharoah https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinpharoah,
James Alexander https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/james-alexander/0/747/617 or
Patrick Harris https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-harris-777767/
This is the initial perspective:
https://www.slideshare.net/futureagenda2/the-future-of-digital-identity-initial-perspective
This was the initial summary:
https://www.slideshare.net/futureagenda2/future-of-digital-identity-programme-summary-15-dec-2018-lr
The promise — and potential — of blockchain to drive social impact is massive, but how much of it is hype and how much is reality? This slideshow includes highlights and case studies from the Stanford Graduate School of Business study “Blockchain for Social Impact: Moving Beyond the Hype.” It includes data on the landscape as a whole, as well as spotlights on eight sectors: Agriculture, Democracy, Identity, Energy, Financial Inclusion, Health, Land Rights, and Philanthropy.
COVID-19 has impacted countries, communities, and individuals in countless ways, from business and school closures to job losses not to undermined loss of lives.
Future of privacy - An initial perspective - Stephen Deadman, VodafoneFuture Agenda
An initial perspective on the future of privacy by Stephen Deadman, Group Privacy Officer at Vodafone. This is the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
Future of Privacy - The Emerging View 11 06 15 Future Agenda
The Future of Privacy is one of 25 topics being explored around the world by the Future Agenda project. 4 events, run in partnership with the IAPP in Washington DC, London, Singapore and Toronto have built on an initial view by Stephen Deadman, formerly Chief Privacy Officer at Vodafone and now at Facebook. With the extra insights from these events, and others from other topics such as the future of data, travel and work, we now have an updated emerging view of some the key shifts seen to be taking place around the world. The PDF brings together some of the key insights gained to date and shares some thoughts on the underlying shifts. It is the first of several presentations sharing insights from the Future Agenda programme.
The future of digital identity 2019 future agendaFuture Agenda
How we prove that we are who or what we say we are during digital transactions and interactions is set to become one of the defining features of the next stage of the human digital transformation. Today, we are living with early attempts to solve the problem that are no longer fit for purpose. At best, the multitude of different ways we login, confirm our identities, and establish trust in claims made during digital exchanges, has become profoundly inconvenient. At worst, they have left us in a connected world which is neither safe nor secure, and in which we seem to have completely lost control of our most personal information. The next generation solutions to the digital identity challenge could change all of this.
In the short term, new solutions are likely to move us towards the promise of a single Digital ID that allows us to simply, safely and securely navigate a connected world.
Looking further forward, the changes could be even more profound. The ways that we digitally manage, share and verify our personal information could well come to completely redefine the human digital experience. Current digital business models that seem immutable could collapse. Centres of digital power might shift radically. And the current personal data ‘land grab’ could be replaced by a new digital norm in which individuals can finally make meaningful claims to data ownership and control.
However, there are a number of potentially calamitous pitfalls to navigate along the way. Some of these could lead to whole new kinds of digital dystopia.
At the end of 2018, Future Agenda undertook a major project exploring the Future of Digital Identity. With the generous support of Mastercard, the Future Agenda team ran a series of expert workshops in different locations around the world that explored the key factors that are likely to shape the future of digital identity. The programme began with an initial perspective as a provocation. Participants in the workshops then gave us new, more fully formed, insights which were in turn explored further during one-to-one interviews with major stakeholders and thinkers in the space.
As always, we consider our reports to be the start point for further conversations, and would welcome further input. If you would like to join the conversation, you can join our LinkedIn Group here. If you have any further questions or would like to have a conversation about how your organisation can best make use of our
Data Provenance is the third of Future Agenda’s ‘World in 2030’ foresights. In our data abundant, interconnected world mutual dependencies are often at the heart of key infrastructure. In this ever-expanding environment, it is vital to ensure that data systems are trusted. This is where data provenance comes in. Knowing the origin of data can help to assess its quality, accuracy and reliability. It also allows us to assess value and ownership and could contribute to the redistribution of profit when data is resold or reused. But does ubiquitous provenance mean that we will never be able to do anything, even remotely privately, ever again? And will the benefits of greater cyber security be an adequate compensation for this?
Drawn from multiple expert discussions around the world, this foresight is one of 50 looking at the key issues for the next decade that are being shared throughout 2020.
https://www.futureagenda.org/foresights/dataprovenance/
https://www.futureagenda.org/the-world-in-2030/
The first of Future Agenda’s ‘World in 2030’ foresights addresses the emerging shift in how multinational digital companies may be taxed in the future so that they make a more balanced contribution to society. In a world increasingly aware of the asymmetric power and influence of organisations that don’t comply to norms and regulations created in the 19th and 20th centuries, it explores three different avenues that could have global impact: the adoption of digital revenue taxes such as those being introduced in Europe; a more sophisticated ‘wealth’ tax on the value of the data an organisation owns, manages, stores or uses; and the idea of a data dividend where all citizens receive a payment for the use of their data as part of a company’s social licence to operate.
Each are being proposed and gaining support with multiple governments globally - and so should be on the radar of any data-rich organisation.
Drawn from multiple expert discussions around the world, this foresight is one of 50 looking at the key issues for the next decade that are being shared throughout 2020.
For more details see https://www.futureagenda.org/the-world-in-2030/
Future of digital identity programme summary - 19 mar 2019 lrFuture Agenda
How we prove that we are who or what we say we are during digital transactions and interactions is set to become one of the defining features of the next stage of the human digital transformation. Today, we are living with early attempts to solve the problem that are no longer fit for purpose. At best, the multitude of different ways we login, confirm our identities, and establish trust in claims made during digital exchanges, has become profoundly inconvenient. At worst, they have left us in a connected world which is neither safe nor secure, and in which we seem to have completely lost control of our most personal information. The next generation solutions to the digital identity challenge could change all of this.
At the end of 2018, Future Agenda undertook a major project exploring the Future of Digital Identity. With the generous support of Mastercard, the Future Agenda team ran a series of expert workshops in different locations around the world that explored the key factors that are likely to shape the future of digital identity. The programme began with an initial perspective as a provocation. Participants in the workshops then gave us new, more fully formed, insights which were in turn explored further during one-to-one interviews with major stakeholders and thinkers in the space.
We are proud to launch this report of the findings of that work
We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to all of those who contributed to the programme.
As always, we consider our reports to be the start point for further conversations, and would welcome further input. If you would like to join the conversation, you can join our LinkedIn Group here. If you have any further questions or would like to have a conversation about how your organisation can best make use of our respond to the implications of the Future of Digital Identity please contact
Dr Robin Pharoah https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinpharoah,
James Alexander https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/james-alexander/0/747/617 or
Patrick Harris https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-harris-777767/
This is the initial perspective:
https://www.slideshare.net/futureagenda2/the-future-of-digital-identity-initial-perspective
This was the initial summary:
https://www.slideshare.net/futureagenda2/future-of-digital-identity-programme-summary-15-dec-2018-lr
The promise — and potential — of blockchain to drive social impact is massive, but how much of it is hype and how much is reality? This slideshow includes highlights and case studies from the Stanford Graduate School of Business study “Blockchain for Social Impact: Moving Beyond the Hype.” It includes data on the landscape as a whole, as well as spotlights on eight sectors: Agriculture, Democracy, Identity, Energy, Financial Inclusion, Health, Land Rights, and Philanthropy.
COVID-19 has impacted countries, communities, and individuals in countless ways, from business and school closures to job losses not to undermined loss of lives.
Future of privacy - An initial perspective - Stephen Deadman, VodafoneFuture Agenda
An initial perspective on the future of privacy by Stephen Deadman, Group Privacy Officer at Vodafone. This is the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
Future of Privacy - The Emerging View 11 06 15 Future Agenda
The Future of Privacy is one of 25 topics being explored around the world by the Future Agenda project. 4 events, run in partnership with the IAPP in Washington DC, London, Singapore and Toronto have built on an initial view by Stephen Deadman, formerly Chief Privacy Officer at Vodafone and now at Facebook. With the extra insights from these events, and others from other topics such as the future of data, travel and work, we now have an updated emerging view of some the key shifts seen to be taking place around the world. The PDF brings together some of the key insights gained to date and shares some thoughts on the underlying shifts. It is the first of several presentations sharing insights from the Future Agenda programme.
Exciting io t trends and predictions to look out for in 2022ArpitGautam20
Here are some emerging IoT Trends for 2022 that startups, SMEs, leading organizations and technology professionals should know about. https://arsr.tech/exciting-iot-trends-and-predictions-to-look-out-for-in-2022/
Innovation in the Digital Identity space is crucial for progress. Here’s a fact: a new identity is generated with every birth. Now consider this: by the time you finish your day today, a staggering 360,000 children will be eligible for an identity document.
Webinar: Digital Health Strategy: Leveraging Emerging Technologies in HealthcareIntellectsoft
WEBINAR VIDEO - https://www.intellectsoft.net/l/31/webinar-digital-healthcare
JOIN OUR WEBINAR TO:
- Explore what changed for healthcare practices and operations during COVID-19 and predict what leaders can expect in terms of recovery;
- Discover today’s featured examples of our clients’ technology solutions that can help you provide better and more efficient services;
- Discuss how to evolve and adapt for the rest of 2020 and into 2021 using emerging technologies and more efficient solutions.
BEST FOR:
- Сhief Medical Officers
- Doctors Pharmaceuticals
- HR Department Outstaffing
- Telemedicine Workers
- Insurance Companies
- Pharmacies
- Laboratories
- Private Hospitals
- Academical Health Centres
- Private Healthcare Facilities
- Management Information Systems
https://www.intellectsoft.net/
Future of value of data singapore.compressedFuture Agenda
This is an updated view on the future value of data. After events in Bangalore and Madrid we have added extra perspectives and these are all now being taken on to forthcoming workshops across Asia, Africa and South America in April and May.
Further events across Europe and North America in June and July will then complete this major global project
Future agenda the future of digital business - dubai - 29 april 2018Future Agenda
This is a talk for the Dubai Future Accelerator exploring key emerging shifts for business, especially with a digital focus. In links together insights from our global discussions on the future of the company, the future of data, the future of privacy as well as recent projects on the future value of data and the future of trust. More information on all of these are available on the main Future Agenda website www.futureagenda.org
The study we present aims to explore several factors pertaining to Consumer Acceptance of business technology as it related to Blockchain. Identifying and developing the relevant measures is of importance to business technology managers and software development managers today. We ask the important question of “what measures best represent the established constructs of the technology acceptance model?” In order to address this issue, it is important to identify the key measurements that help us to understand the proposed constructs as they relate to blockchain technology as well as confirm their validity in isolation and in combination with each other. In this study, the factors we explore are perceived reputation, risk, and usefulness and transaction intentions. A survey was used whereby the methodology adapted previous measurements from related works and new measurements pertaining to usefulness and risk were developed in order to adhere to blockchain’s consumer acceptance framework. 268 students completed the questionnaire and an exploratory factor analysis was used in order to analyze the constructs and their measurements. Through the results we were able to identify and validate the relevant measurements as well as the proposed constructs.
Blockchain technology and supply chain managementAhmed Banafa
Managing today’s supply chains is extremely complex. For many products, the supply chain can span over hundreds of stages, multiple geographical (international) locations, a multitude of invoices and payments, have several individuals and entities involved, and extend over months of time.
How Businesses & Governments Can Prosper with Blockchain AI Tech by Dinis GuardaDinis Guarda
How Business Governments Can Prosper Blockchain AI Tech
In our new digital data driven world
Blockchain + AI
are the new fire and electricity
why business and governments have to use it?
Digital transformation gave us blockchain and AI but the global economy is not digitalized.
There is a lot of possibilities as the economy gets digitised - blockchain and AI are the next stage
Blockchain and AI technology potential to benefit ordinary citizens
Contextualise blockchain, AI - Businesses and Governments
Smart Contract technology with machine learning will become the default setting for data, finance, payments, procurements, id and supply chain;
Businesses + Governments will need to adapt and evolve fast;
Advanced economies & Emergent markets and blockchain and AI;
How Governments Can Prosper with Blockchain and AI Tech;
Risks and warranties;
What to do now? Conclusions
Presentation and research by Dinis Guarda
Future of payments The emerging view - 12 11 15Future Agenda
This is the emerging view of the future of payments from the Future Agenda programme. The Future of Payments is undertaken in partnership with MasterCard. This view reflects insights from UK, Hong Kong, Dubai and Johannesburg, together with insights from other topics (e.g. data, currency, privacy, trade).
Veber FinTech Vs Banking consumer reportMarie Johnson
The Veber FinTech Consumer Survey was based on discovering user perceptions of Banking, a once stable and traditional industry landscape, in comparison to what we’re now seeing which is the ever changing innovative FinTech market. The survey focusses on the trends of FinTech and whether the face of traditional banking will change by 2020.
The white paper also includes video extracts from leading FinTech experts and an exclusive interview with
George Huntley, COO The Money Platform. George gives an in depth account of his FinTech startup journey and his views on the Banking industry and the rise of FinTech.
The Vision & Value of a Connected_GovernmentAllCloud
With the right partner, government organizations can take advantage of everything the digital world has to offer –
technology to connect people to government in innovative new ways – improving the delivery of services while building a
more intimate connection with citizens.
For 14 years, Salesforce has been a driver for enterprise cloud computing. Salesforce has mapped out the strategy and
guided many government partners through this terrain already. Now, let us guide you.
Go to citizen.agency for more real world case studies of innovation in action: https://www.citizen.agency/
How Healthcare is Adopting New Technologies? | 7 Best technology | CIO Women ...CIOWomenMagazine
The worldwide epidemic compelled the industry to adapt and innovate. It also described how healthcare is adopting new technologies in the following ten years.
Our approach to data analysis, data use, and data management are evolving across all sectors as a result of big data. And one sector where it may be effectively deployed is Cloud Tech Trends in healthcare, where it can help people avoid dangerous illnesses, lower the total cost of treatment, and anticipate disease outbreaks.
Exciting io t trends and predictions to look out for in 2022ArpitGautam20
Here are some emerging IoT Trends for 2022 that startups, SMEs, leading organizations and technology professionals should know about. https://arsr.tech/exciting-iot-trends-and-predictions-to-look-out-for-in-2022/
Innovation in the Digital Identity space is crucial for progress. Here’s a fact: a new identity is generated with every birth. Now consider this: by the time you finish your day today, a staggering 360,000 children will be eligible for an identity document.
Webinar: Digital Health Strategy: Leveraging Emerging Technologies in HealthcareIntellectsoft
WEBINAR VIDEO - https://www.intellectsoft.net/l/31/webinar-digital-healthcare
JOIN OUR WEBINAR TO:
- Explore what changed for healthcare practices and operations during COVID-19 and predict what leaders can expect in terms of recovery;
- Discover today’s featured examples of our clients’ technology solutions that can help you provide better and more efficient services;
- Discuss how to evolve and adapt for the rest of 2020 and into 2021 using emerging technologies and more efficient solutions.
BEST FOR:
- Сhief Medical Officers
- Doctors Pharmaceuticals
- HR Department Outstaffing
- Telemedicine Workers
- Insurance Companies
- Pharmacies
- Laboratories
- Private Hospitals
- Academical Health Centres
- Private Healthcare Facilities
- Management Information Systems
https://www.intellectsoft.net/
Future of value of data singapore.compressedFuture Agenda
This is an updated view on the future value of data. After events in Bangalore and Madrid we have added extra perspectives and these are all now being taken on to forthcoming workshops across Asia, Africa and South America in April and May.
Further events across Europe and North America in June and July will then complete this major global project
Future agenda the future of digital business - dubai - 29 april 2018Future Agenda
This is a talk for the Dubai Future Accelerator exploring key emerging shifts for business, especially with a digital focus. In links together insights from our global discussions on the future of the company, the future of data, the future of privacy as well as recent projects on the future value of data and the future of trust. More information on all of these are available on the main Future Agenda website www.futureagenda.org
The study we present aims to explore several factors pertaining to Consumer Acceptance of business technology as it related to Blockchain. Identifying and developing the relevant measures is of importance to business technology managers and software development managers today. We ask the important question of “what measures best represent the established constructs of the technology acceptance model?” In order to address this issue, it is important to identify the key measurements that help us to understand the proposed constructs as they relate to blockchain technology as well as confirm their validity in isolation and in combination with each other. In this study, the factors we explore are perceived reputation, risk, and usefulness and transaction intentions. A survey was used whereby the methodology adapted previous measurements from related works and new measurements pertaining to usefulness and risk were developed in order to adhere to blockchain’s consumer acceptance framework. 268 students completed the questionnaire and an exploratory factor analysis was used in order to analyze the constructs and their measurements. Through the results we were able to identify and validate the relevant measurements as well as the proposed constructs.
Blockchain technology and supply chain managementAhmed Banafa
Managing today’s supply chains is extremely complex. For many products, the supply chain can span over hundreds of stages, multiple geographical (international) locations, a multitude of invoices and payments, have several individuals and entities involved, and extend over months of time.
How Businesses & Governments Can Prosper with Blockchain AI Tech by Dinis GuardaDinis Guarda
How Business Governments Can Prosper Blockchain AI Tech
In our new digital data driven world
Blockchain + AI
are the new fire and electricity
why business and governments have to use it?
Digital transformation gave us blockchain and AI but the global economy is not digitalized.
There is a lot of possibilities as the economy gets digitised - blockchain and AI are the next stage
Blockchain and AI technology potential to benefit ordinary citizens
Contextualise blockchain, AI - Businesses and Governments
Smart Contract technology with machine learning will become the default setting for data, finance, payments, procurements, id and supply chain;
Businesses + Governments will need to adapt and evolve fast;
Advanced economies & Emergent markets and blockchain and AI;
How Governments Can Prosper with Blockchain and AI Tech;
Risks and warranties;
What to do now? Conclusions
Presentation and research by Dinis Guarda
Future of payments The emerging view - 12 11 15Future Agenda
This is the emerging view of the future of payments from the Future Agenda programme. The Future of Payments is undertaken in partnership with MasterCard. This view reflects insights from UK, Hong Kong, Dubai and Johannesburg, together with insights from other topics (e.g. data, currency, privacy, trade).
Veber FinTech Vs Banking consumer reportMarie Johnson
The Veber FinTech Consumer Survey was based on discovering user perceptions of Banking, a once stable and traditional industry landscape, in comparison to what we’re now seeing which is the ever changing innovative FinTech market. The survey focusses on the trends of FinTech and whether the face of traditional banking will change by 2020.
The white paper also includes video extracts from leading FinTech experts and an exclusive interview with
George Huntley, COO The Money Platform. George gives an in depth account of his FinTech startup journey and his views on the Banking industry and the rise of FinTech.
The Vision & Value of a Connected_GovernmentAllCloud
With the right partner, government organizations can take advantage of everything the digital world has to offer –
technology to connect people to government in innovative new ways – improving the delivery of services while building a
more intimate connection with citizens.
For 14 years, Salesforce has been a driver for enterprise cloud computing. Salesforce has mapped out the strategy and
guided many government partners through this terrain already. Now, let us guide you.
Go to citizen.agency for more real world case studies of innovation in action: https://www.citizen.agency/
How Healthcare is Adopting New Technologies? | 7 Best technology | CIO Women ...CIOWomenMagazine
The worldwide epidemic compelled the industry to adapt and innovate. It also described how healthcare is adopting new technologies in the following ten years.
Our approach to data analysis, data use, and data management are evolving across all sectors as a result of big data. And one sector where it may be effectively deployed is Cloud Tech Trends in healthcare, where it can help people avoid dangerous illnesses, lower the total cost of treatment, and anticipate disease outbreaks.
The role of the internet of things in healthcare future trends and challengesNoman Shaikh
With recent advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT), the sector of healthcare has grown increasingly expanded. Physicians and hospital staff will execute their tasks more conveniently and intelligently thanks to the Internet of Things. There is an unparalleled possibility to improve the quality and productivity of therapies and the patient's well-being and government funding, thanks to this technology-based therapy method.
The future of healthcare by 2030 in the digital spaceQueenBhadmus
By 2030, healthcare will be centered on patients empowered to prevent diseases rather than seek treatment. They will receive personalized health solutions in ways that are integrated seamlessly into their daily lives. All of this will be enabled by data and algorithms and provided within a healthcare system that is organized and regulated in an entirely new way.
Telemedicine helping doctors and patients in pandemicGautam Verma
While every other country is now vowing to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure, the addition of telemedicine and online consultations is bound to play an extremely important role in the coming years. The connect between doctor and patient is getting redefined with technology.
ImageVision_ Blog_ AI in Healthcare Unlocking New Possibilities for Disease D...AppsTek Corp
Healthcare has made massive developments and advancements in recent years, particularly in clinical research, biomedical improvement, digital technology, processes, and systems.
However, it nonetheless faces several complications, together with a lack of healthcare workers at the frontlines, an increase in health disparities between nations with various income levels, and a vast quantity of health spending that has not yielded the favored health outcomes. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as an approach to deal with these challenges, using technologies such as ML – Machine Learning and DL – Deep Learning.
From disease diagnosis to personalized treatment plans, the integration of AI-powered solutions has shown its capability to change the way healthcare works. The ability to process big volumes of information rapidly and appropriately has created new possibilities for enhancing patient care, lowering prices, and enhancing efficiency in the Healthcare system.
In this blog, we will explore How AI is Transforming Healthcare and its impact on both patients and Healthcare providers. let's first delve into the reasons why Healthcare is adopting AI.
Digital healthcare refers to a broad range of categories such as mobile health, wearable devices, health information technology, telemedicine online platform and telehealth, and personalized medicine. Healthcare providers benefit from digital health as it gives them the tools to have a better view of the patient’s health, which gives them an extensive view of the patient, which allows them to give better healthcare to the patient. EMed HealthTech reveals the 10 digital healthcare trends to check in 2023.
AI-enabled Digital Transformation
Wearable tech and Continuous Health Monitoring
Better Privacy and Security
Universal Adoption of Telehealth
Use of Big Data and Analytics
Smart Implants
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
Nanomedicine
Investing in mental health
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and Healthcare Inequality
Request a free quote for any custom digital health services from EMed HealthTech.
4 Digital Health Trends Affecting Your Revenue CycleMeduit
The emerging digital trends impacting the healthcare industry are as varied as the new technologies being developed, but there are four trends that are having a more significant impact on the revenue cycle. Find out what they are in this Meduit Innovation Lab guide!
mHealth Israel_Impact of Digital Innovations on Healthcare in Asia: 2020_Finn...Levi Shapiro
Report by Finn Partners: Impact of Digital Innovations on Healthcare in Asia- 2020. Deep-dive analysis across healthcare delivery, healthcare financing and healthcare discovery. Sections include Healthcare in the Digital Age, Digital health brings patient care to where it is needed the most, Innovative fintech solutions deliver affordable healthcare to Asia, More data and better insights delivered by AI and machine learning, Digital health is the future.
Top 7 Healthcare IT Market Research Trends to Watch in 2023.pdfGlobal Market Studies
The healthcare IT market is constantly evolving, and 2023 is no exception. Here are the top 7 trends to watch in the healthcare IT market research space this year. Learn about the crucial factors including artificial intelligence, the internet of medical things, remote patient monitoring, and more.
It is that time of year again – time to look at healthcare trends, predictions and technology innovations for 2018.
Identifying trends is fairly simple, since it relies on looking back to see what the most popular topics have been and continue to be. Many trends tend to stay for more than a year as their momentum builds. Predictions are a little more difficult to identify and assure accuracy, since they are a look into the future. This year we will also be looking at the top 10 technology-related clinical innovations.
Future of Off-Premise Dining - Emerging View.pdfFuture Agenda
From ‘dark kitchens’ to ubiquitous delivery brands and grocery on-demand, where, what and how we all eat is undergoing significant and rapid change.
In a collaborative project, put together in partnership with McCain, we have been looking out to 2030 to explore and define how Off-Premise Dining might further evolve, and which of the multiple current trends are likely to stick? The emerging view is a first step toward answering the question. It reflects the key insights gathered from interviews and in-depth workshops with key industry stakeholders in Europe, the Americas and Asia, as well as the Future Agenda database and synthesised desk research.
The fight for future market share is already well underway, and significant bets are being placed on a wide range of future opportunities; from health-focused vending machines, through increasingly sophisticated mobile apps, to personalisation of food flavours. With so many significant shifts taking place simultaneously across the entire off-premise dining value chain, there will inevitably be winners and losers. We hope our insights can serve as a jumping off point for further discussion as to where the winners might emerge.
As with all Future Agenda projects, the aim is to challenge assumptions, identify emerging trends, and build an informed assessment of the changes ahead and their implications for strategy, policy, innovation and action.
If you’d like to be involved and add your views into the mix please do get in touch james.alexander@futureagenda.org
As companies and governments around the world grapple with accommodating changes in the workplace, the workforce and the nature of work itself, we are pleased to be continuing our Future of Work foresight programme. Building on previous global research undertaken over the past few years, we are now looking in depth at six pivotal issues that have been prioritised as areas of major potential change. These are digital skills, soft skills, reinventing roles, the blurring of work, green jobs and digital productivity. Initially taking a European focus, with the support of Amazon, over the next couple of months a series of expert digital workshops are exploring the core shifts ahead and their implications for organisations and wider policy.
This PDF sets the scene for the dialogue both within the workshops and more widely. If you would like to be involved or have comments on the potential changes ahead, do let us know and we can accommodate. As always all discussions are under the Chatham House Rule and so there is no attribution and, as we progress with each area, we will be sharing a synthesis of all new insights and recommendations over the rest of the year.
Future of asthma care a global expert view - summary - august 2021Future Agenda
Future of Asthma Care in 2030
Often hidden by many, asthma is a set of chronic conditions that will, some believe, impact around 1bn of us by the end of the decade. It will see new diagnostics, new treatments as well as gain new social and economic perspectives in many nations. As part of a global Open Foresight programme to bring together an informed outlook for all to use, this is a draft synthesis based on dialogue with 100 experts worldwide. At a time when lung health is front of mind for many, this is an important topic for our future health.
We are keen to understand your view on this. What do you agree with, what is missing and what may need an alternative perspective? Please do share any comments and feedback to douglas.jones@futureagenda.org and we will include everything in the final report that will made available later this year.
Future of work employability and digital skills march 2021Future Agenda
The Future of Work, Employability and Digital Skills
This interim summary identifies 50 key insights for the next decade on this critical topic. These open foresight findings are based on the results of 20 workshops and 150 interviews with over 400 informed experts from across academia, business and government conduced in the last 12 months. These were primarily across Europe, but also include views from US and SE Asia.
The varied discussions identified multiple key shifts that expected to have greatest impact over the next decade. The top 3 of these are seen as pivotal for society, for government, for employers and for future workers.
Building Digital Skills
Reinventing Roles
Developing Soft Skills
To build a richer, deeper view, we would very much welcome your feedback – especially on which shifts may deliver most benefit in the next ten years, and what is missing that ought to be included in the mix.
The UK in 2030 - An expert informed view on some key trendsFuture Agenda
At a time when there is much speculation on what the next twelve months may bring, some are also looking ahead to prepare for the longer term. What will the UK be like in 2030 when the nation is post-Covid, post-Brexit and post-Johnson? Now that vaccines are being rolled out and the initial outline hard Brexit deal has been done, how will the UK fair over the decade – economically, socially and demographically? What changes are already locked-in and what is open to future variation? Based on numerous discussions with a wide range of experts across the UK in late 2020, this document explores some of the key potential trends for the next decade and highlights where the UK may be heading.
Having a well-defined future view is never easy – particularly in times of uncertainty. However, if we can differentiate between the certain, the probable and the possible we can build a clearer picture of the future which may help to challenge assumptions. Since 2010, Future Agenda has been using open foresight to explore decade-long trends with a high degree of accuracy. The World in 2020, written in 2010 for example, accurately anticipated a range of developments such as a global pandemic, the challenges around data privacy, the scaling up of electric and autonomous vehicles, the widespread use of drones and the building impact of solar energy. All of these were anticipated through extensive expert dialogue across multiple disciplines to curate an integrated, informed perspectives which can be accessed by everyone.
We used a similar approach to explore the pivotal shifts ahead for the UK. Following multiple expert discussions including academics, regional and central government, social and business leaders, as well as the military, this document summarises eight areas of alignment about UK 2030 but also highlights three fields where there is substantial difference of opinion.
Our conversations identified eight core areas where we can have confidence that changes will take place. These trends are:
1. A Changing Demographic Mix
2. Accelerating to Zero Carbon
3. Improved Digital Connectivity
4. Declining Economic Influence
5. More Devolved Power
6. Rising Inequality
7. Emphasis on the Local
8. UK Leadership
Future of retail - Five key future trends - 9 Dec 2020Future Agenda
Future of Retail – Five Key Trends
The pandemic has accelerated change across many sectors – and especially retail. More online, less physical and empty malls have been evident globally. So what about the next ten years? What changes will continue to accelerate, which will rebalance, and which new ones will emerge?
Based on extensive dialogue with retail, tech and city leaders globally, this new point of view brings together the major shifts in the mix collated under five key trends – Reemphasis on the Local, Identity Insights, Automated Retail, Continuous Interaction and Informed Consumers.
Now being used to stimulate new thinking, innovation and strategy development in multiple projects around the world, this is being shared to continue dialogue on changes and impact.
We welcome your views @futureagenda
The third programme has taken place during 2020, engaging more experts on the pivotal shifts via virtual workshops and wider community debate.Here are ten issues that will provide future challenge and opportunity.
E7 Not G7
As global GDP rises, the seven largest emerging economies (E7) have increasing economic power. The relative influence of the old G7 Western powers declines.
Data Sovereignty
Large-population emerging economies see the protection of their data as a national priority. Wider data sharing is restricted to within national borders.
The Race to Net Zero
Cities, countries and companies compete to set the standards for the planet.Fully reducing emissions is central for energy, health and economic targets.
Electric Aviation
As the pressure to decarbonise aviation builds and technology challenges are addressed, using electric planes for short / medium-haul flights gathers support.
The Stakeholder Society
The shift from maximising shareholder value to a stakeholder focus accelerates. Organisations’ purpose, action and performance measurement realign.
Migrating Diseases
Health systems struggle to address the impact of climate change. The increased spread of ‘old’ vector-borne diseases challenge nations for whom they are ‘new’.
Peak Soil
After water and air quality, attention shifts to soil. It impacts everything from food and health to conflict and migration. Action follows deeper understanding.
True Personalisation
Ubiquitous facial recognition and digital identity combine with wider AI adoption to enable the creation and delivery of truly individualised experiences.
Resilience by Design
Global supply chains evolve to be more flexible, shared regional supply webs. Competitors access shared, not proprietary, networks and systems.
Proof of Immunity
Public concerns about health security override worries about privacy. Governments integrate immunity and health data with national identities.
More details on www.futureagenda.org
Future of work employability and digital skills nov 2020Future Agenda
Future of Work, Employability and Digital Skills
As the world of work changes, how will organisations, society and individuals adapt to ensure that the current and the next generation will be able to acquire the skills necessary for future jobs? Building on previous Future Agenda research that focussed on key policy areas primarily in the Asian market and, more recently, an updated outlook on the future of work and skills development developed in partnership with the University of Bristol, School of Management, we are very pleased to be starting a new phase of research. As well as an analysis of the future of work, this will specifically explore the shifting nature of employability and how and where digital skills will have impact.
Over the next few months, expert views from across Europe will be shared in order to develop a richer understanding of key issues and how they vary across different jurisdictions. As with all Future Agenda projects, the aim is to challenge assumptions, identify emerging trends and build an informed assessment of the changes ahead and their implications for policy and action.
If you would like to be involved and add your views into the mix, please get in touch.
Future of retail global trends summary nov 2020Future Agenda
This is an updated summary of 60 global trends that may impact the world of retail over the next decade. Multiple expert discussions across Asia, Europe, MENA and North America have developed and shared these insights that have been curated into ten key shifts.
As we finalise the future views before wider public sharing, we very much welcome your feedback on these and which may have greatest future impact.
douglas.jones@futureagenda.org
@futureagenda
The UK in 2030
In the midst of all the current uncertainty, many people are seeking greater clarity around how the future may unfold – both globally and locally. Therefore, as part of the World in 2030 project, we have curated a specific perspective on the UK in 2030.
As with all our Open Foresight projects, UK 2030 is built through dialogue with informed individuals holding alternative outlooks on how things may unfold. This PDF provides an initial collation of some of their views on what is certain, probable and possible. We will use it to initiate further period of consultation over the next month.
With this in mind we would very much welcome your thoughts – especially around the areas that you agree with, those you disagree with and your suggestions about what is missing. Your knowledge will add both richness and depth to this point of view. We will share an updated and more detailed summary before Christmas. The ambition is that this can then be used to both inform and challenge assumptions so we can all gain a clearer perspective on the future of the UK.
@futureagenda
london@futureagenda.org
The world's most innovative cities past present future - oct 2020Future Agenda
Cities are where innovation happens, where most ideas form and economic growth largely stems. For centuries, the world’s most innovative cities have been acting as global catalysts for change, and will continue to do so. As more cities seek to have impact over the next decades, we need to better understand what drives success and so identify those that may have greatest lasting impact.
APPROACH – Getting Clarity
Future Agenda has been conducting multiple discussions around the world on the future of cities (www.futureofcities.city). Our aim is to explore the range of views about what makes one city more successful, more influential and more innovative than other, and also consider key related issues such as the future of work, health, trade, trust, transport and data.
In addition, we have applied a similar modelling technique to those applied to Innovation Leaders which, for twenty years, has identified the companies that have been the best and most sustained innovators, in order to assess what potentially makes one city more innovative than another. Exploring multiple criteria, we have highlighted some core global catalysts for change.
To accompany a speech at the WRLDCTY event, this presentation shares some of the salient insights: It profiles some of most innovative cities of the past, identifying the key elements that contributed to their success, highlights some of the pivotal cities having greatest impact today, and, lastly, suggests ten cities for future global innovation leadership.
https://www.futureofcities.city
https://www.wrldcty.com
https://www.futureagenda.org/the-world-in-2030/
Data as an Asset – A Top Risk?
The concept of data being accounted for as an 'asset' is increasingly considered to be a top future risk. The fifth of our 2030 digital workshops in collaboration with The Conference Board explored varied potential data risks (Many thanks to Ellen Hexter and Sara Murray for organising).
Rated top by 50 business leaders for future impact, and second for likely change, was a foresight that “organisations will be obliged to account for what data they own or access. As such they will be required to regularly report on their full data portfolio.” (See attached PDF)
Particular concerns were raised on; how organisations will best assign value to their data; how it will be treated as an asset; who will audit this; whether ownership will be transferred with use and how, if valued, data will be taxed.
Some felt that by 2030 there will be guidelines, standards and frameworks in place – other were less convinced. Most however agreed that many business models will change.
To explore this topic more see section 4.6 in the global report on https://www.deliveringvaluethroughdata.org
Add your view via @futureagenda on twitter or via LinkedIn on https://www.linkedin.com/posts/innovationstrategy_future-data-risk-workshop-stimulus-activity-6714470359971700736-MunM
While some regions gain from better water management, much of the world’s population increasingly depend on water moved from one river basin to another. New options are explored to achieve this economically and with reduced socio-environmental damage.
As part of the World in 2030 global open foresight project, this point of view shares some perspective on changes ahead.
With climate change, increasing urbanisation, growing contamination, higher water consumption, more intensive farming and rising industrial use in many economies all having significant and combined impact, as the global population approaches 10 billion, but the net amount of water on the planet stays constant, concerns over water stress have been building. With 70% of water used for agriculture, a quarter of humanity is now facing a looming water crisis. A broadening range of urban areas need multiple innovations to provide water to cities throughout the year.
Although better water management and the decreasing cost of desalination are having impact in some regions, in many others, and especially for fast-growing inland cities, the task of ensuring continued water access is mounting. Simply moving water from one river basin to another is not straightforward. It is fraught with technological, environmental, economic and socio-political challenge. There are however several developments underway to enable more effective long-distance movement of water – some focused on building new infrastructure at scale and others looking to imaginatively repurpose existing assets to help meet the inevitable future demand.
Share your views @futureagenda
Future of hospital design initial perspective - sept 2020Future Agenda
Hospitals of the Future
In partnership with Mott MacDonald we are exploring how hospital design will change in the next decade. Building on insights gained from multiple healthcare expert workshops around the world, this is an initial perspective that share some key thoughts on how and where we may see most change. Starting with context on shifts in healthcare more generally, from slide 28 onwards it includes 22 proposals for future design focus. These range from hub and spoke ecosystems and post-Covid reconfiguration to more flexible spaces and the impact of digital theatres.
As part of a global Open Foresight programme, we are now sharing these views to gain feedback for inclusion in a more detailed point of view that will be published later in the year. If you would like to add in your opinions on which issues will be driving most change in hospitals of the future, we would welcome input either directly to us by email (tim.jones@futureagenda.rg) or via this short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/J9S8SB6
Many thanks in advance for your collaboration on another key topic for future change.
Future Risk: 12 Key Issues for Insurance in the Next DecadeFuture Agenda
The insurance sector is facing major change - from both within and outside. What will be the major shifts over the next decade that have greatest impact? As part of the World in 2030 project, this is an initial view of 12 major trends that will influence insurance globally - looking across data shifts, market trends and in-sector innovations.
What do you think? Which will have greatest impact? Will it be automatic insurance? or N=1 personalisation?
Let us know your views and we can include them in an updated foresight in the next month or so.
Get in touch via douglas.jones@futureagenda.org
For more on The World in 2030 see: https://www.futureagenda.org/the-world-in-2030/
Porous Organisations
Here is our latest 2030 foresight.
This time we focus on the challenges for the future of work. Increasing competition for talent forces organisations to open their doors to a growing number of independent workers. This makes it difficult to maintain corporate knowledge and becomes a challenge for business big and small. In a highly volatile and increasingly complex landscape, many must learn how to manage a seamless flow of knowledge and ideas so they can adapt to changing customer demands, ensure capabilities are maintained and keep the doors to innovation open. Looking ahead, it seems that only the wealthiest and most attractive organisations (in the main technology companies) will be able to retain the loyalty of their employees. For everyone else, building and preserving corporate know-how within increasingly porous organisational boundaries will become a priority. As ever your thoughts and provocations are very welcome.
To access via website https://www.futureagenda.org/foresights/porous-organisations/
New solid-state batteries offer safer, higher performance than existing options and become viable options for use across multiple sectors. Competitive pricing and proactive policymaking accelerate global uptake.
This foresight is part of the World in 2030 project exploring the key global shifts for the next decade - https://www.futureagenda.org/the-world-in-2030/
Battery development has become a priority area for a broadening range of companies in recent years. Significant investment is underway as a number of new technologies compete for fast-growing markets. Five years ago, we identified that energy storage was the missing piece of the renewables jigsaw: “If solved, it can enable truly distributed solar energy as well as accelerate the electrification of the transport industry.” Today, as economies focus on faster decarbonisation and increasing electrification, particularly in transportation, the speed of new battery development has become a central issue for many researchers, policy makers, investors and companies.
Why is this? If we can get significantly more energy from a lighter, more compact, but affordable battery then the implications are enormous. Not only will this accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by extending their range and providing a cheap way to store renewable, particularly low cost solar, energy, but it will also release a host of new developments in other areas from wearable electronics to electric planes, drones and scooters.
Given the demand for high performing batteries is building, it is hardly surprising that there is as much focus today on creating the batteries of tomorrow as there was when the first rechargeable battery was invented 160 years ago: according to a USPTO search in the past decade or so over 200,000 battery related patents have been issued. The rush to deliver the next generation technology is bringing together a host of new partnerships and foremost in many discussions is the potential impact of solid-state batteries. Within the next decade these could become the catalysts for substantial and lasting change across many sectors.
Soil is fundamental, fragile and finite. It impacts everything from food and health to conflict and migration. Deeper understanding of its degradation raises the significance of soil to equal that of climate change and biodiversity loss.
We know that the quality of our soil is the key to the food we grow, the clothes we wear and the water we drink. It recycles nutrients, sequesters carbon, is fundamental to biodiversity, helps keep our ecosystems in balance and is an essential part of our general wellbeing. But, although soil represents the difference between survival and extinction for most terrestrial life, human activities have caused it harm leading to compaction, loss of structure, nutrient degradation, increasing salinity and denuding landscapes. Furthermore, the urgent need to preserve soil receives relatively little attention from governments. An unsung hero of our planet, it is fragile, infinitely important and finite. Why do we treat it with such disregard?
As part of the World in 2030 programme, this foresight explores the future of soil and the stresses ahead https://www.futureagenda.org/foresights/peaksoil/
The dimensions of healthcare quality refer to various attributes or aspects that define the standard of healthcare services. These dimensions are used to evaluate, measure, and improve the quality of care provided to patients. A comprehensive understanding of these dimensions ensures that healthcare systems can address various aspects of patient care effectively and holistically. Dimensions of Healthcare Quality and Performance of care include the following; Appropriateness, Availability, Competence, Continuity, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Efficacy, Prevention, Respect and Care, Safety as well as Timeliness.
ICH Guidelines for Pharmacovigilance.pdfNEHA GUPTA
The "ICH Guidelines for Pharmacovigilance" PDF provides a comprehensive overview of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) guidelines related to pharmacovigilance. These guidelines aim to ensure that drugs are safe and effective for patients by monitoring and assessing adverse effects, ensuring proper reporting systems, and improving risk management practices. The document is essential for professionals in the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory authorities, and healthcare providers, offering detailed procedures and standards for pharmacovigilance activities to enhance drug safety and protect public health.
This document is designed as an introductory to medical students,nursing students,midwives or other healthcare trainees to improve their understanding about how health system in Sri Lanka cares children health.
For those battling kidney disease and exploring treatment options, understanding when to consider a kidney transplant is crucial. This guide aims to provide valuable insights into the circumstances under which a kidney transplant at the renowned Hiranandani Hospital may be the most appropriate course of action. By addressing the key indicators and factors involved, we hope to empower patients and their families to make informed decisions about their kidney care journey.
Global launch of the Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index 2nd wave – alongside...ILC- UK
The Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index is an online tool created by ILC that ranks countries on six metrics including, life span, health span, work span, income, environmental performance, and happiness. The Index helps us understand how well countries have adapted to longevity and inform decision makers on what must be done to maximise the economic benefits that comes with living well for longer.
Alongside the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on 28 May 2024, we launched the second version of our Index, allowing us to track progress and give new insights into what needs to be done to keep populations healthier for longer.
The speakers included:
Professor Orazio Schillaci, Minister of Health, Italy
Dr Hans Groth, Chairman of the Board, World Demographic & Ageing Forum
Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Founder and Chair, Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute and co-chair, World Health Summit Council
Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director, Country Health Policies and Systems Division, World Health Organisation EURO
Dr Marta Lomazzi, Executive Manager, World Federation of Public Health Associations
Dr Shyam Bishen, Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare and Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
Dr Karin Tegmark Wisell, Director General, Public Health Agency of Sweden
CHAPTER 1 SEMESTER V - ROLE OF PEADIATRIC NURSE.pdfSachin Sharma
Pediatric nurses play a vital role in the health and well-being of children. Their responsibilities are wide-ranging, and their objectives can be categorized into several key areas:
1. Direct Patient Care:
Objective: Provide comprehensive and compassionate care to infants, children, and adolescents in various healthcare settings (hospitals, clinics, etc.).
This includes tasks like:
Monitoring vital signs and physical condition.
Administering medications and treatments.
Performing procedures as directed by doctors.
Assisting with daily living activities (bathing, feeding).
Providing emotional support and pain management.
2. Health Promotion and Education:
Objective: Promote healthy behaviors and educate children, families, and communities about preventive healthcare.
This includes tasks like:
Administering vaccinations.
Providing education on nutrition, hygiene, and development.
Offering breastfeeding and childbirth support.
Counseling families on safety and injury prevention.
3. Collaboration and Advocacy:
Objective: Collaborate effectively with doctors, social workers, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated care for children.
Objective: Advocate for the rights and best interests of their patients, especially when children cannot speak for themselves.
This includes tasks like:
Communicating effectively with healthcare teams.
Identifying and addressing potential risks to child welfare.
Educating families about their child's condition and treatment options.
4. Professional Development and Research:
Objective: Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in pediatric healthcare through continuing education and research.
Objective: Contribute to improving the quality of care for children by participating in research initiatives.
This includes tasks like:
Attending workshops and conferences on pediatric nursing.
Participating in clinical trials related to child health.
Implementing evidence-based practices into their daily routines.
By fulfilling these objectives, pediatric nurses play a crucial role in ensuring the optimal health and well-being of children throughout all stages of their development.
The Importance of Community Nursing Care.pdfAD Healthcare
NDIS and Community 24/7 Nursing Care is a specific type of support that may be provided under the NDIS for individuals with complex medical needs who require ongoing nursing care in a community setting, such as their home or a supported accommodation facility.
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In recent years there has been a growing and global
ambition to better manage, integrate and interrogate
medical data. But, despite the technological
achievements around data use in other industries,
maximizing its potential for better healthcare has
been slow, mainly because the vast majority remains
proprietary, fragmented and scattered. There are
valid reasons for this; insurers, providers, health
record companies, government agencies, and
researchers are all concerned about the ethics,
not to mention commercial sensitivities, of sharing
data.3
And yet overcoming this mindset could
provide huge benefits for diagnosis, integration
and the personalisation of care, so there is growing
momentum to scale and combine new sources of
personal, societal and clinical information.4
Support
for this has accelerated given the pressing need
to both manage and find a vaccine for Covid-19.
Indeed, many agree that linking personal health data
to identity would be a major step forward to better
controlling the outbreak of disease.
A pragmatic response to a pandemic is to dial up
tracking, tracing and wider bio-surveillance in order
to isolate the virus and manage the contagion. But
this may come at a cost. Privacy advocates warn
that it is precisely in times of crisis that governments
focus too much on short term need without robustly
exploring the potential consequences; the impact
on the right to a private life or the risk of greater
surveillance, for example. This is particularly relevant
in the midst of widespread efforts to develop
national (and other) digital identities.5
However, such
is the pressure on healthcare systems, a significant
number of experts we spoke to now expect that
by 2030 unified health and identity datasets will
be accepted in several regions and that ‘proof of
immunity’ may well have become a core component
of everyday life.
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Exisiting Examples
The momentum towards this increased integration
has been building over the past few years. Tech
firms have been working in close partnership with
healthcare providers, and offering, for example, a
particularly strong use case for their AI technologies.
Although there are several early examples
worldwide, efforts in hugely populous countries such
as India and China are the most notable.
India aims to unify and digitise its fragmented public
health system by creating a national database
for medical records linked to its Aadhaar national
identity scheme. Legislated for in 2016, and building
on national security and access ambitions, Indian
residents are issued with a unique, 12-digit number
that can linked to biometric and demographic data.
The number, once authenticated, can then be used
to access services across almost all government
programs and is active across the entire 1.2bn
population. A broad government / private sector IT
partnership is evolving the platform to embrace a
number of other fields of potential citizen benefits
-such as financial inclusion, with a 2017 ambition
to make Aadhaar ID mandatory for opening bank
accounts.
Aadhaar is well placed to have a huge impact
on the delivery of healthcare; indeed the Indian
government estimates it can unlock over $500
billion in economic value via reduced transaction
costs, increasing efficiency, preventing fraud and
limiting inaccuracy, together with tremendous
societal and governance benefits.6
In a country
with less than 1 doctor for every 1000 people
and with the majority of clinics lacking access to
reliable patient records, it is clear that the system
could be used during every step of the healthcare
journey, from patient registration to digitising medical
records. It can also act as a tool for integrated
delivery, linking hospitals with pharmacies, NGOs,
blood banks, health insurance and medical
companies.
However, there has been pushback by several
academics and civil liberty activists who are
concerned about potential privacy violations. They
point to previous security breaches demonstrating
how vulnerable Aadhaar is to exploitation both
by government, technology companies and bad
actors. It is certainly true that the government
has a poor record on data security and privacy. In
response however the Indian government insists
that the Aadhaar health database will maintain strict
safeguards. Indeed, the health ministry says that it
will provide “universal health coverage in an efficient,
accessible, inclusive, affordable, timely and safe
manner.”7
In China citizen surveillance has been part
of the wider system for many years and the
recent growth in facial recognition technology is
accelerating the mass interrogation of personal
data across the whole population. It is now used
for everything from picking up medication, taking
public transport or buying a mobile phone. There
are up to 1200 data points available from the
typical smartphone facial scan so it can be used
to interpret many health issues from body-mass
index to emotional wellbeing. Ping-An, one of the
world’s largest insurers, uses facial recognition not
only to verify a customer’s identity, but to assess,
and even measure, an individual’s health. It also
claims to be able to record customers’ emotional
and psychological states by analysing micro
expressions.8
The data gathered is fed into an
automated system for calculating premiums, with
discounts provided for those with a low BMI of
under 30, and additional costs for those whose BMI
is over 30. The technology is even used to approve
lump-sum pay outs of up to one million yuan
(€130,000) when a customer is diagnosed with any
of 100 critical diseases.
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The spread of facial recognition has led many
Chinese people to worry about the speed of
adoption. In 2019 a widely watched CCTV report
exposed the black market for facial recognition
data and cast doubt about the capability of network
operators to store personal data safely.9
The
government has responded by acknowledging
the need to introduce greater privacy protection
standards. But, given their focus on national
security, public health and technology innovation,
few believe this will be taken very seriously.
Beyond India and China multiple start-ups are
seeking to combine health data with identity
technologies, albeit at smaller scale. In Africa,
mobile use has been the focus of several notable
developments.10
For instance, Element has
developed a mobile software-only solution for
biometric recognition that creates a portable
identity on mobile devices. Designed specifically for
use in healthcare, patients can verify themselves
with medical professionals who in turn have
access to patient records, and can ensure that
appropriate care is being administered, and that
new assessments are placed in the correct health
record, bringing the union of identity and health care
data closer.
In the US too there has been significant activity -
but so far without widespread public awareness.
Google, for example, is working with Ascension,
operator of the country’s second-largest hospital
system, and is using AI to read the health records
of millions of patients to predict and quickly identify
medical conditions.11
However, several Ascension
employees have raised concerns that it is not clear
whether all of the Google’s software complies
with HIPAA, a federal privacy law that restricts
how doctors, health systems and their business
associations may handle identifiable patient data,
and that the company has too much unfettered
access to personal health data.
Tech firms have been working in close
partnership with healthcare providers, and
offering a particularly strong use case for
their AI technologies.
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Covid-19 has accelerated the integration of personal
health with identity technologies as a number
of platforms seek to take things further, faster.
Although not yet the ‘full-works’ and largely focused
on mapping and tracking connections, this is seen
by some as a precursor to the complete integration
of health data with surveillance and identity. Indeed,
digital contact tracing has been a central part of the
containment strategy in countries such as China,
South Korea and Taiwan with a number of other
governments looking on with envy.
In China, although shocking to many local Chinese,
the existing surveillance operations allowed
location data from mobile operators and transport
networks to help the government track and contact
people who had travelled through Hubei province
during the early days of the virus. This enabled the
National Health Commission to re-create the steps
of virus carriers and identify those they may have
encountered, and send them warnings directly via
social media. In addition the government developed
a Health Check app to run through portals in Alipay
and WeChat. This takes self-reported data about
places visited and symptoms displayed to generate
a QR code in green, orange or red, which then
controls an individual’s movement across the city,
where they work or how they travel, according to
their likely level of infection; seven-day and 14-day
quarantines.
Although sympathetic to the need to control disease
outbreak some believe the Chinese government has
used the coronavirus crisis to push for greater sharing
of data from private and public sources. Soon GPS
location data from mobile networks could be linked to
personal data from Alipay (what you have purchased),
Meituan (what you have eaten) and WeChat (who
you know), as well as health information from Ping-
An. Although this could be used to provide a full
information set that truly acts as proof of immunity
at a moment of crisis, privacy advocates fear that
deeper surveillance could become permanent and
allow for far less palatable governance in the future,
and, for example, exert even greater control over
minority groups.
That said, the current absence of a single repository
for that data means that the extent of Chinese
surveillance remains more limited than some might
imagine. “Co-ordination between different areas of
the public sector is often sporadic and sometimes
marred by bureaucratic rivalries, and even in Beijing,
there is concern about making so much information
available. The CAC recently issued a notice
warning government agencies not to share data for
pandemic-prevention purposes that is out of line
with data protection standards; private companies
such as Tencent and Alibaba with international
market ambitions have been reluctant to hand over
personal data as it goes against their commercial
interest.”13
But China is not alone. The creation of significant
surveillance databases is observed in multiple
locations; indeed, a group of academics, developers
and public-health officials from the World Health
Organisation (WHO) and elsewhere are building a
similar MyHealth app,14
which again benefits from
having stronger identity capabilities. In addition:
• In South Korea those in isolation used a
customised app that sounds an alarm and alerted
officials if they left home allowing government
to alert others in the vicinity. But the volume
of information led to some awkward moments
and a growing concern about the social stigma
attached to the illness. In addition, the authorities
can require telecoms companies to hand over
the mobile phone data of people with confirmed
infections to track their location. This information
has enabled the rapid deployment of a notification
system alerting Koreans to the movement
of all potentially contagious people in their
neighbourhoods or buildings.
Covid-19 Acceleration
Digital contact tracing has been a central
part of the containment strategy in
countries such as China, South Korea
and Taiwan.
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• While not hugely accurate, in Taiwan, the mobile
phones of quarantined individuals were tracked
using data from cell-phone masts and compared
to the GPS data from WhatsApp, Messenger
and so on. In both countries those who did not
comply with the rules faced hefty fines;
• In Singapore the Government Technology
Agency and health ministry launched an app,
TraceTogether, which uses Bluetooth technology
to retrospectively identify people who have
come within 2m contact with someone who has
contracted Covid-19. This is particularly useful for
those who don’t know each other – someone you
sat next to on a bus for example;
• In Iran, the government has urged citizens to
download an app that helps diagnose coronavirus
but at the same time allows the collection of their
contact and location details;
• India may well use the capability within Aadhaar
to scale up pandemic mitigation while increasing
the overall level of citizen surveillance; and
• Israel has already passed an emergency law
allowing the state to use mobile phone data to
track people infected with Covid-19, as well as
to identify and quarantine others they have come
into contact with and who may also have been
infected.15
Citizens are receiving smartphone
alerts when they have been near an infected
person. Civil liberties campaigners have however
warned that this move to monitor citizens’
movements sets a dangerous precedent.16
The creation of significant surveillance
databases is observed in multiple locations.
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Although counter to long-established privacy values,
several western commentators have noted that
“we should get used to this: While it might appear
draconian and uncomfortable for democracies to
be turning outward-facing intel tools on to law-
abiding citizens, almost every aspect of this global
pandemic pushes us into unfamiliar territory.”17
In the US Google and Apple have announced a
previously unprecedented partnership while a host
of other technologists have begun working on their
own tracking apps. For example, X-Mode and
Tectonix have already demonstrated how they can
track the movement of people from one location
across the country.18
More significantly for some
Clearview AI, a facial-recognition start-up that has
previously caused controversy over its use by police
departments, is in discussions with state agencies
about using its technology to track infected
patients.19
Initiatives such as this have caused
concern that “as the country scrambles to control
the rapidly spreading coronavirus, government
agencies are putting in place or considering a range
of tracking and surveillance technologies that test
the limits of personal privacy.”20
These initiatives are
not only controlled by government, some are open
source: MIT Media Lab is developing an app that will
let people log their movements and compare them
with those of known coronavirus patients, using
redacted data supplied by the state or national
public health departments.21
Common to several is
of that use decentralised models that keep as much
sensitive data on users’ phones as possible and
uses a centralised server only to enable people to
use their own devices to trace contacts.22
In the UK, teams at Oxford University have been
working with the NHS and others on another app to
track contacts. This aimed to have at least half the
population on the platform by the end of April 2020.23
Users register their symptoms or positive test results
and their proximity to other users will then be logged
using Bluetooth. Once a user reports symptoms or
has a positive test result, the app can trace back
through close contacts over the past seven days
and alert those calculated to be at risk.
Alongside this the NHS is working to create a data
store that brings multiple data sources needed to
inform the Covid-19 response into a single, secure
location. It will include data such as online/call
centre data from NHS Digital and Covid-19 test
result data from Public Health England. Microsoft
is providing Azure to bring multiple data sources
into a single, secure location while AWS is helping
with infrastructure to enable the rapid and secure
launch of the new Covid-19 response platforms.24
Palantir is the CIA-backed data mining firm co-
founded by Peter Thiel, who is also on the board
of Facebook and an early investor in Clearview AI.
It enables disparate data to be integrated, cleaned
and harmonised. In the UK the organisation has
been given access to the NHS dataset in order to
help track and analyse the spread of Covid-19. In
the US it is working with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention to model the virus outbreak.
Other companies that scrape public social-media
data have contracts in place with the agency and
the National Institutes of Health
This may all seem very Big Brother, but
ethicists suggest that, even when public trust in
government and big tech data collection is low,
the circumstances of a pandemic allow people to
set aside their reservations. Some governments
recognise the concerns – the UK government for
example state that the Covid -19 datastore will be
closed when the pandemic abates but how long
this will last once the immediate risk of infection has
passed is unclear. Also, spotting renewed or future
outbreaks will require vigilance and unprecedented
forms of mass surveillance. Potential carriers of
the virus need to be monitored, and their personal
contacts traced and, to combat further outbreaks, it
may also be necessary for countries to collaborate
in new ways. As even ex-MI5 leadership warn, the
systems that have created in haste and in response
to a present danger may last a long time and give
extraordinary power to those organisations which
control and manage them.
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Moving beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, the wider
knitting together of personal and health information
is set to have great impact on society with more
companies recognising both the social and financial
value of medical data, particularly given that
health-care budgets around the world are already
stretched. According to the OECD the world creates
2.5 exabytes of data a day, 30% of that which is
stored is about health. According to The Economist
this data is worth about US$600bn a year – roughly
the GDP of Sweden.25
At a time when payers are
desperate for insights that might enable them to
cut healthcare costs while maintaining quality this
offers a huge opportunity. Given this, expect more
data-driven companies, more data-driven social
innovations, more cyber-security incidents, more
breaches of privacy, more artificial intelligences,
more miraculous transformations of the ways we
live, and more dramatic consequences of that
transformation.
Personalised health data is set to be a significant
growth area. Over the next decade healthcare
providers will use the data platforms to provide
patients with individual treatments delivered through
clinical apps linked to technologies specialising in
particular health issues.26
To do this they will have to
gather a lot of personal data including information
about an individual’s lifestyle and physiology. Brands
such as Vitality already link the level of a customer’s
exercise to reduced gym fees and health insurance.
To help further nudge behaviour, detailed obesity
and BMI data could automatically configure more
personalised pricing for fast-food restaurants or high
calorie items in the supermarket. What a Ping-An
and Alipay combination can achieve in China, a Visa
/ Wal-Mart partnership with Anthem or Aetna could
deliver in the US. At a more extreme level, the price
of controlled products like cigarettes, alcohol and
cannabis could, for instance, be dynamically driven
by individuals’ health risks.
Until now the sharing of this kind of information
has been predicated on the basis that it remains
private and secure but if governments choose to
fully integrate this sort of data with strong identity
technologies, then the door is opened to the more
complex, but potentially impactful, predictive
diagnosis at the individual level. For example, with
enough data covering different behaviours it will be
possible to identify “digital biomarkers” capable of
predicting the risk of Alzheimer’s or a heart attack.
Although hugely beneficial on one level, controlling
who has access to this information is a job for
skilled regulators and policy makers. Within the
healthcare sector, questions are already being asked
around what kinds of pricing and reimbursement
models could be applied in such personalised
healthcare eco-systems. To date these have
largely been at a systemic level but by linking heath
provision, medical records with wider behavioural
and lifestyle data, it will be possible to provide more
focused and effective care and business models
need to be considered in that context.
Increased personalisation will also allow for easier
proof of immunity, but whether or not individuals are
given control of this integration may depend on the
political system within a country or the political will
of its leaders. Will the databases be centralised or
decentralised? And to what extent will individuals be
allowed the freedom to share or not share this highly
sensitive information? In some countries legislation
such as GDPR and CCPA provide a degree of
personal control, however, the balance between
surveillance, proof of being healthy and access to
people and places is likely to become increasingly
blurred. In a post-Covid-19 world, concern about a
future risk of contagion may well see many nations
follow China and others in creating and indelible
link between proof of immunity and proof of identity
via, for example, a smartphone app which in turn
may control personal access to infrastructure,
employment, education and health services. In ten
years’ time it may well be considered normal to
have a digital health passport in order to use public
transport, enter a supermarket, visit a cinema, or
even be present within a city.
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Leading in 2030
Given the pressures on healthcare around the
world, the value of medical data, the risk of global
pandemics and the extraordinary economic
consequence that this entails, it is unsurprising that
governments and technology companies alike have
been exploring ways in which to monitor individual
health needs and use this information to control the
spread of disease.27
It is also unsurprising that there
is widespread public support for this and recognition
of the potential need to link individual identities
with immunity. But although it is possible to collect
millions of data points which can help protect public
health, this comes with serious risk of misuse and
potentially the erosion of democratic norms. It is
risky to allow a pandemic and the natural demand
for better healthcare to normalise mass surveillance.
In the hands of a bad actor, either corporate or
government, entire populations could be vulnerable
to abuse, discrimination and manipulation.
Looking ahead, while proof of immunity is just one
way in which the merging of health and identity
technologies can be used, it is also the catalyst for
wider change. This will not only be about creating
and sharing new kinds of health data but also about
new access credentials.28
Indeed, being asked
for proof of immunity could well see people being
limited in their freedom of movement, not on the
basis of citizenship or wealth, but on their individual
health. Given the maelstrom of interlinked issues
from privacy and freedom to surveillance and the
monetisation of health data, what is clear is that
governments and companies seeking to turn up the
dial will have to navigate a complex path. Balancing
wider public benefit with individual freedoms will vary
from one nation to another. Getting this wrong and
overstepping the line could well drive major political
and social pushback.