Every day, we rely on the health care system to provide us with the necessary means to live a healthy life and every day, new health care technologies come to life. The thing is that this sort of innovation rarely respects the traditional boundaries between the different health care professions. Check out this based on my master's thesis on a new screening technology for diabetic eye disease.
PPT ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT& PATIENT SAFETYsoumyareena
This document discusses quality improvement and patient safety. It defines quality of care and notes that the WHO defines quality as care that is safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable and people-centered. It then discusses that quality improvement in healthcare aims to systematically improve care delivery through measuring, analyzing, improving and controlling processes. Various quality improvement tools are listed such as brainstorming, data collection tools, flow charts and control charts. An example quality improvement project aims to reduce voluntary nurse turnover rates. The steps of defining the problem, organizing a team, clarifying the current process and selecting and planning improvements are outlined. Patient safety is defined as avoiding unintended harm during care. Various aspects of patient safety related to medication, surgery, electricity
Patient safety is a global public health issue, as medical errors and unsafe care can harm patients. It is estimated that 1 in 10 patients experience harm while receiving hospital care in developed countries. Common issues include hospital-acquired infections, which affect 14 out of every 100 patients admitted, and lack of access to safe medical devices for many. While progress has been made in some areas like reducing unsafe injections, continued efforts are needed to improve safety, such as through hand hygiene, infection control measures, and engaging patients.
This document discusses patient safety and medical errors. It notes that medical errors impact about 1 in 10 patients worldwide according to the WHO. The rates of death from medical errors in healthcare exceed those of other high-risk industries like commercial airlines or nuclear power. The document outlines some of the common causes of medical errors, including systemic flaws, communication issues, and patient ignorance. It emphasizes that a culture of safety and teamwork is needed to effectively address patient safety issues and prevent future errors.
This document discusses various aspects of patient safety, including definitions, challenges, common errors, and strategies to improve safety. It defines patient safety as efforts to reduce unsafe acts in healthcare and describes how both active errors and latent system failures can lead to accidents. The document outlines factors that contribute to errors, such as complexity, limited knowledge, and human factors. It also discusses approaches to improving safety through a culture of safety, disclosure of errors, human factors engineering, and use of checklists and protocols.
Expert Opinion - Would You Invest In A Digital Doctor_Hamish Clark
This document discusses the future of healthcare in the Middle East and opportunities for investors. It notes that healthcare systems are struggling to keep up with increasing demand and costs of chronic diseases. New technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital healthcare delivery could help address workforce shortages and improve productivity. These changes may significantly alter the roles of clinicians over the next 5 years. The document suggests investors should consider companies applying these new technologies to reinvent healthcare models.
This document discusses patient safety and the role of nurses in ensuring patient safety. It makes three key points:
1) Patient safety is an essential part of nursing care according to regulatory bodies, but healthcare carries risks of adverse events due to the large number of available diagnoses, procedures, and medications. A patient has a much higher chance of experiencing a safety incident in the hospital than being killed in a plane crash.
2) Studies show that higher levels of registered nurses on staff are associated with fewer patient complications and lower mortality. Less experienced nurses and those with higher workloads also tend to make more medication errors and have more wound infections.
3) To improve safety, reports recommend increasing nurse staffing levels, making
This document discusses patient safety and its role in minimizing adverse healthcare events. It defines patient safety as harm caused by errors and system failures in healthcare. Other industries have shown that investigating systemic factors, rather than individual blame, can help address such issues. The history of patient safety includes a shift from a blame culture to a systems approach. A model of patient safety outlines the interaction between healthcare workers and systems, recipients of care, and methods of continuous quality improvement.
Change Champions & Associates February 2016 Newsletter sharing innovations in health care from around Australia and NZ
12 pages of the latest innovation news
+
Info about Change Champions forthcoming events with more details at http://www.changechampions.com.au.
PPT ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT& PATIENT SAFETYsoumyareena
This document discusses quality improvement and patient safety. It defines quality of care and notes that the WHO defines quality as care that is safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable and people-centered. It then discusses that quality improvement in healthcare aims to systematically improve care delivery through measuring, analyzing, improving and controlling processes. Various quality improvement tools are listed such as brainstorming, data collection tools, flow charts and control charts. An example quality improvement project aims to reduce voluntary nurse turnover rates. The steps of defining the problem, organizing a team, clarifying the current process and selecting and planning improvements are outlined. Patient safety is defined as avoiding unintended harm during care. Various aspects of patient safety related to medication, surgery, electricity
Patient safety is a global public health issue, as medical errors and unsafe care can harm patients. It is estimated that 1 in 10 patients experience harm while receiving hospital care in developed countries. Common issues include hospital-acquired infections, which affect 14 out of every 100 patients admitted, and lack of access to safe medical devices for many. While progress has been made in some areas like reducing unsafe injections, continued efforts are needed to improve safety, such as through hand hygiene, infection control measures, and engaging patients.
This document discusses patient safety and medical errors. It notes that medical errors impact about 1 in 10 patients worldwide according to the WHO. The rates of death from medical errors in healthcare exceed those of other high-risk industries like commercial airlines or nuclear power. The document outlines some of the common causes of medical errors, including systemic flaws, communication issues, and patient ignorance. It emphasizes that a culture of safety and teamwork is needed to effectively address patient safety issues and prevent future errors.
This document discusses various aspects of patient safety, including definitions, challenges, common errors, and strategies to improve safety. It defines patient safety as efforts to reduce unsafe acts in healthcare and describes how both active errors and latent system failures can lead to accidents. The document outlines factors that contribute to errors, such as complexity, limited knowledge, and human factors. It also discusses approaches to improving safety through a culture of safety, disclosure of errors, human factors engineering, and use of checklists and protocols.
Expert Opinion - Would You Invest In A Digital Doctor_Hamish Clark
This document discusses the future of healthcare in the Middle East and opportunities for investors. It notes that healthcare systems are struggling to keep up with increasing demand and costs of chronic diseases. New technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital healthcare delivery could help address workforce shortages and improve productivity. These changes may significantly alter the roles of clinicians over the next 5 years. The document suggests investors should consider companies applying these new technologies to reinvent healthcare models.
This document discusses patient safety and the role of nurses in ensuring patient safety. It makes three key points:
1) Patient safety is an essential part of nursing care according to regulatory bodies, but healthcare carries risks of adverse events due to the large number of available diagnoses, procedures, and medications. A patient has a much higher chance of experiencing a safety incident in the hospital than being killed in a plane crash.
2) Studies show that higher levels of registered nurses on staff are associated with fewer patient complications and lower mortality. Less experienced nurses and those with higher workloads also tend to make more medication errors and have more wound infections.
3) To improve safety, reports recommend increasing nurse staffing levels, making
This document discusses patient safety and its role in minimizing adverse healthcare events. It defines patient safety as harm caused by errors and system failures in healthcare. Other industries have shown that investigating systemic factors, rather than individual blame, can help address such issues. The history of patient safety includes a shift from a blame culture to a systems approach. A model of patient safety outlines the interaction between healthcare workers and systems, recipients of care, and methods of continuous quality improvement.
Change Champions & Associates February 2016 Newsletter sharing innovations in health care from around Australia and NZ
12 pages of the latest innovation news
+
Info about Change Champions forthcoming events with more details at http://www.changechampions.com.au.
ScHARR Health Economics and Decision Sciencs (HEDS) Newsletter- Summer 2015ScHARR HEDS
The Health Economics and Decision Science department at the University of Sheffield is developing a new patient-reported outcome measure called Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) to assess quality of life for people with mental health difficulties. ReQoL will consist of seven themes identified from a literature review and patient interviews. Over 1,000 patients will help validate an initial pool of 61 questions across clinical settings. Psychometric analysis will produce short and long versions of ReQoL. Validation work will continue into 2016, with the goal of providing a new tool for evaluating mental healthcare outcomes in both clinical practice and economic studies.
20 tendencias digitales en salud digital_ The Medical FuturistRichard Canabate
Resaltado de las tendencias que darán forma a la atención médica post COVID19.
No se trata de enumerar estas tendencias, sino de dar una valiosa visión de los factores de conducción detrás de ellas mientras que es muy específico. Se trata de mostrar cuáles son las áreas exactas que deben destacarse entre todas las áreas en el tema "IA en la atención médica", por ejemplo.
Hysteroscopy Newsletter 4th Issue online!!!
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that the fourth issue of our publication is ready and available for you to enjoy. We hope that our great enthusiasm and eagerness for a better knowledge of hysteroscopy, will make reading this journal arouse your interest in this fascinating field. Hysteroscopy Newsletter is an opened forum to all professionals who want to contribute with their knowledge and even share their doubts with a word-wide gynecological community.
SHARE & ENJOY IT !!!!!!
http://www.hysteroscopy.info/
Meet the experts and find out how technology is changing the future of healthcare, quality of life trends and figures, how to help patients adapt to a change in rhythm, how to train a staff that CARES, holistic approaches to patient care, mealtime management and news around the world.
European Pharmaceutical Review: Trials and Errors in NeuroscienceKCR
This document discusses several challenges of conducting clinical research in neuroscience. It notes that while interest and publications in neuroscience have increased, the nervous system remains the least understood part of the human body. Conducting global clinical trials in neuroscience poses difficulties due to variations in where patients can be found, standards of care between countries, and restrictions on access to modern therapies. The document also outlines problems with using complex questionnaires in trials and inconsistencies in how patients perceive and report their symptoms.
Healthcare, from Products to Solutions Exploring some of the latest initiativ...Alix Aubert
with high-level healthcare executives. Today, through Life Science Talks, we have decided to make some of this information available
to the professional community at large, provided it is non-confidential, of public interest, and likely to spark interesting partnerships in
the future.
This white paper therefore condenses data drawn from a number of informative meetings with decision makers in the European
healthcare sector during 2013 and 2014. More specifically, it is the result of an edition of Life science Talks dedicated to this subject
and held in Paris, in May 2014.
The discussions at this event were admirably moderated by Silvia Ondategui Parra, partner at EY, and were punctuated by keynotes
from leading stakeholders in European healthcare: Emmanuel Gomez, CNAM-TS, Head of Disease Management Programmes; Dr Rick
Greville, ABPI, Director of Wales and International Affairs; Thierry Zylberberg, Orange, Head of Orange Healthcare; Miguel Bernabeu,
Alcon (Novartis), Global Head of Market Access, Pricing and HEOR; Yvoine McCourt, Air Liquide, Head of Home Healthcare
International Development; Olivier Croly, GE Healthcare IT, GM Europe. Again, we thank them for sharing their views, their concerns,
and for outlining their projects in Europe within our forum.
EuroBioForum 2013 - Day 2 | Frank MolinaEuroBioForum
EuroBioForum 2013 2nd Annual Conference
27-28 May 2013 - Hilton Munich City, Munich, Germany
http://www.eurobioforum.eu/2013
=======================================
# REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES #
EuroBioMed, France:
Private-public collaborations to boost open innovation
Dr Franck Molina
President of EDCA, Chair of diagnosis group of Eurobiomed
Director of Sysdiag
=======================================
http://www.eurobioforum.eu
Community ophthalmology: concept & practicessurajsenjam
Community ophthalmology aims to provide comprehensive eye health care through public health approaches like epidemiology, health promotion, and primary eye care. It focuses on preventive, curative, and promotive community-based activities. Key aspects include epidemiological studies of eye diseases, policy and planning, management information systems, monitoring and evaluation, environmental eye health, economics of eye care, behavioral sciences, biostatistics, and project management. Community ophthalmology specialists employ public health approaches and work in community settings to address the epidemic of preventable blindness.
The document discusses five innovative health technologies that have been enabled by support from the Centre for Process Innovation. It describes technologies such as nanoparticles that can enhance radiotherapy treatment for cancer by generating free radicals without needing oxygen. It also discusses an automated device that can check if nasogastric tubes are correctly placed in patients' stomachs to eliminate human errors that have caused deaths. The document emphasizes how innovation centers help move research breakthroughs and ideas to commercialization to develop products that can improve health outcomes.
Running head COURSE PROJECT- ROUGH DRAFT .docxsusanschei
Running head: COURSE PROJECT- ROUGH DRAFT 1
Course Project- Rough Draft
Weltee Wolo
Rasmussen College
Author Note
This paper is being submitted on November 24, 2016, for Mischelle Pittman Henry’s
H400/HSA4191 Healthcare Information System course
COURSE PROJECT- ROUGH DRAFT
2
Technology has become very useful in many sectors. In the health care industry, it has
changed the way health care services are provided. It turns out to be a critical tool for
competition in the health care market. Quality has now been at the forefront when it comes to
shaping any health care program (Feenberg, 2012). This makes health care institutions to strive
and produces better services to its customers.
A look at surgical procedures together with state of the art proper care method, an
important position from the infirmary is represented by the technology. Compared to the past,
health care institutions have now been successful when it comes to performing a number of
lifetime harmful and critical surgical procedures (Mali, 2012). All these are attributed to
advanced models to be used in surgeries brought about by technology. There is much equipment
that has been brought about by technology advancement including 3D echocardiogram and CT
reconstruction. These two have made surgery more efficient by improving imaging capabilities
which enable surgeons to operate without hindrances on the human body (Raza, Sabik, Masabni,
Ainkaran, Lytle, W. B., & Blackstone, 2014). Healthcare services have improved too, by the
introduction of robotic surgery and teleconferencing. The latter has enabled doctors to provide
knowledge and expertise far and wide irrespective of their physical location. They can monitor,
track and communicate with their patients to help them keeping tabs on their ailments (Raza, et
al., 2014). Robotic surgery helps doctors conduct surgery remotely with the use of a machine that
can multitask and overcome some of the limitations a human doctor may have. This improves the
likelihood of an operation to be successful which benefits both the physician and the patient.
Additionally, there are Pc Served Medical procedures together with CAS, which have
been termed as computer or laptop well guided medical procedures. Most surgeons, especially
cosmetic surgeons rely on these procedures in some surgery activities on various subjects, such
COURSE PROJECT- ROUGH DRAFT
3
as orthopedic and otolaryngologic operations (Hendricks-Munoz, 2015). In clinical laboratories,
well-trained individuals are making use ...
CONNECTED HEALTH Thesis - Loïc RICCI ReportLoïc RICCI
This document is an abstract for a thesis paper on the potential benefits of connected health for users and society. The paper explores the growing field of connected health and its applications. The author argues that connected health, which collects health information through sensors and monitors patients remotely, has the potential to maximize human life expectancy and quality by providing constant health monitoring and early detection of health issues. However, widespread adoption of connected health also faces challenges regarding data security, technological barriers for users, impacts on the healthcare industry workforce, and determining appropriate regulations and oversight. The thesis will examine both the benefits of connected health as well as the issues that need to be addressed for its effective implementation.
HealthPanel is a platform that connects users to health experts for personalized consultations and shares health data to provide actionable advice. It aims to make healthcare more convenient, accessible, and results-oriented through a feedback loop model. By leveraging diagnostic testing, lifestyle data, and continuous accountability, HealthPanel believes it can help users take control of their health and avoid disease. It sees an opportunity in disrupting traditional healthcare models through personalized, software-based solutions that are simple for everyday people to use.
Europe's Top 5 Effective Leaders in Healthcare Edition.pdfinsightscare
Insights Care’s team carried out its own research and found the ‘Europe's Top 5 Effective Leaders in Healthcare,’ and depicted their revolutionary tales
Preparing for the Future Innovation in Digital Healthcare: Manas TripathiRahul Neel Mani
This document discusses various topics related to innovation in digital healthcare. It begins by describing different types of innovation, such as visible innovation for end users and invisible process innovation. It then provides examples of innovation, including how a hacker developed an innovative mosquito protection laser shield using common consumer electronics. The document also examines the transition to more patient-centric care from centralized medical facilities. It provides case studies on innovative portable e-backpacks in Brazil that expand access to remote communities and a UK program called Patient Access that improves patient experiences and reduces wait times through phone consultations.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease which affects 1.5-5% of the population of most developed countries and an estimated 125m people worldwide. It manifests as
a fluctuating inflammatory skin disease and affects to varying degrees the quality of life of those who suffer from it. Despite policy recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO),1,2 many governments have taken little or no action to improve the
health of those living with psoriasis. Across Europe and Canada, work is under way by various parties to address the challenges posed by the disease, but those leading these
efforts say that they would benefit from more government interest and support.
EUPATI 2013 Conference: Vision on Patient involvement in medicines R&D: Here...EUPATI
This document discusses increasing patient involvement in medical research and development. It notes that the medical landscape is transforming rapidly through innovations like personalized medicine and biomarkers. While this benefits patients, it also means smaller trial populations and a need for more post-marketing data. The document advocates for increasing patient involvement in areas like clinical trial design, setting research priorities, measuring quality of life, and pharmaceutical policy. It highlights the European Patients' Academy (EUPATI) project, which aims to empower patients through education on medical research and development processes in order to facilitate greater patient engagement.
The speech focuses on digital innovation from the point of view of a pharmaceutical company: how technology can integrate the offer of drugs and therapeutic solutions for the healthcare and well-being of citizens. Last year the app I-nonni was presented as a Sanofi start-up project with the primary goal of connecting the older adults with relatives and health professionals, such as doctors and pharmacists, in an easy and effective way. This year the progress in the services offered will be presented, as well as a study proving the effectiveness of the digital fitness tool that we developed with the aim of training the cognitive abilities of older adults (and not only).
Healthy Savings. Medical Technology and the Economic Burden of DiseaseRevital (Tali) Hirsch
As America ages and sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy diets become more common, experts agree the nation is suffering a sharp rise in the prevalence of chronic disease. As the 21st century unfolds, technology – in the form of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic devices -- can meet the need for early detection and more effective management of illness. Some researchers, however, have questioned whether the overall benefit of technical advances outweighs the costs -- a question this report definitively answers.
Accordingly, researchers at the Milken Institute undertook a comprehensive, quantitative documentation of medical technology's impact on the economic burden of disease. The study also projects how future innovation in this sector would affect the health care system and the larger economy -- a positive benefit of more than $23 billion a year for the United States.
The study takes a systematic approach to documenting the full costs and broader economic benefits of health care investments by examining innovations pertaining to four prevalent causes of disability and death: heart disease, diabetes, colorectal cancer, and musculoskeletal disease. The report considers therapeutics and diagnostic devices that are widely used and have substantially affected the lives of patients as well as the overall U.S. economy. Among the 10 devices or device-based procedures studied are pacemakers, insulin infusion pumps, colonoscopies, and joint replacement surgery.
The data demonstrate that the use of medical technology brings considerable economic benefits. These are seen in both aggregate savings in treatment expenditures and prevention as well as the reduction of "indirect impact" through larger contributions to the economy.
ScHARR Health Economics and Decision Sciencs (HEDS) Newsletter- Summer 2015ScHARR HEDS
The Health Economics and Decision Science department at the University of Sheffield is developing a new patient-reported outcome measure called Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) to assess quality of life for people with mental health difficulties. ReQoL will consist of seven themes identified from a literature review and patient interviews. Over 1,000 patients will help validate an initial pool of 61 questions across clinical settings. Psychometric analysis will produce short and long versions of ReQoL. Validation work will continue into 2016, with the goal of providing a new tool for evaluating mental healthcare outcomes in both clinical practice and economic studies.
20 tendencias digitales en salud digital_ The Medical FuturistRichard Canabate
Resaltado de las tendencias que darán forma a la atención médica post COVID19.
No se trata de enumerar estas tendencias, sino de dar una valiosa visión de los factores de conducción detrás de ellas mientras que es muy específico. Se trata de mostrar cuáles son las áreas exactas que deben destacarse entre todas las áreas en el tema "IA en la atención médica", por ejemplo.
Hysteroscopy Newsletter 4th Issue online!!!
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that the fourth issue of our publication is ready and available for you to enjoy. We hope that our great enthusiasm and eagerness for a better knowledge of hysteroscopy, will make reading this journal arouse your interest in this fascinating field. Hysteroscopy Newsletter is an opened forum to all professionals who want to contribute with their knowledge and even share their doubts with a word-wide gynecological community.
SHARE & ENJOY IT !!!!!!
http://www.hysteroscopy.info/
Meet the experts and find out how technology is changing the future of healthcare, quality of life trends and figures, how to help patients adapt to a change in rhythm, how to train a staff that CARES, holistic approaches to patient care, mealtime management and news around the world.
European Pharmaceutical Review: Trials and Errors in NeuroscienceKCR
This document discusses several challenges of conducting clinical research in neuroscience. It notes that while interest and publications in neuroscience have increased, the nervous system remains the least understood part of the human body. Conducting global clinical trials in neuroscience poses difficulties due to variations in where patients can be found, standards of care between countries, and restrictions on access to modern therapies. The document also outlines problems with using complex questionnaires in trials and inconsistencies in how patients perceive and report their symptoms.
Healthcare, from Products to Solutions Exploring some of the latest initiativ...Alix Aubert
with high-level healthcare executives. Today, through Life Science Talks, we have decided to make some of this information available
to the professional community at large, provided it is non-confidential, of public interest, and likely to spark interesting partnerships in
the future.
This white paper therefore condenses data drawn from a number of informative meetings with decision makers in the European
healthcare sector during 2013 and 2014. More specifically, it is the result of an edition of Life science Talks dedicated to this subject
and held in Paris, in May 2014.
The discussions at this event were admirably moderated by Silvia Ondategui Parra, partner at EY, and were punctuated by keynotes
from leading stakeholders in European healthcare: Emmanuel Gomez, CNAM-TS, Head of Disease Management Programmes; Dr Rick
Greville, ABPI, Director of Wales and International Affairs; Thierry Zylberberg, Orange, Head of Orange Healthcare; Miguel Bernabeu,
Alcon (Novartis), Global Head of Market Access, Pricing and HEOR; Yvoine McCourt, Air Liquide, Head of Home Healthcare
International Development; Olivier Croly, GE Healthcare IT, GM Europe. Again, we thank them for sharing their views, their concerns,
and for outlining their projects in Europe within our forum.
EuroBioForum 2013 - Day 2 | Frank MolinaEuroBioForum
EuroBioForum 2013 2nd Annual Conference
27-28 May 2013 - Hilton Munich City, Munich, Germany
http://www.eurobioforum.eu/2013
=======================================
# REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES #
EuroBioMed, France:
Private-public collaborations to boost open innovation
Dr Franck Molina
President of EDCA, Chair of diagnosis group of Eurobiomed
Director of Sysdiag
=======================================
http://www.eurobioforum.eu
Community ophthalmology: concept & practicessurajsenjam
Community ophthalmology aims to provide comprehensive eye health care through public health approaches like epidemiology, health promotion, and primary eye care. It focuses on preventive, curative, and promotive community-based activities. Key aspects include epidemiological studies of eye diseases, policy and planning, management information systems, monitoring and evaluation, environmental eye health, economics of eye care, behavioral sciences, biostatistics, and project management. Community ophthalmology specialists employ public health approaches and work in community settings to address the epidemic of preventable blindness.
The document discusses five innovative health technologies that have been enabled by support from the Centre for Process Innovation. It describes technologies such as nanoparticles that can enhance radiotherapy treatment for cancer by generating free radicals without needing oxygen. It also discusses an automated device that can check if nasogastric tubes are correctly placed in patients' stomachs to eliminate human errors that have caused deaths. The document emphasizes how innovation centers help move research breakthroughs and ideas to commercialization to develop products that can improve health outcomes.
Running head COURSE PROJECT- ROUGH DRAFT .docxsusanschei
Running head: COURSE PROJECT- ROUGH DRAFT 1
Course Project- Rough Draft
Weltee Wolo
Rasmussen College
Author Note
This paper is being submitted on November 24, 2016, for Mischelle Pittman Henry’s
H400/HSA4191 Healthcare Information System course
COURSE PROJECT- ROUGH DRAFT
2
Technology has become very useful in many sectors. In the health care industry, it has
changed the way health care services are provided. It turns out to be a critical tool for
competition in the health care market. Quality has now been at the forefront when it comes to
shaping any health care program (Feenberg, 2012). This makes health care institutions to strive
and produces better services to its customers.
A look at surgical procedures together with state of the art proper care method, an
important position from the infirmary is represented by the technology. Compared to the past,
health care institutions have now been successful when it comes to performing a number of
lifetime harmful and critical surgical procedures (Mali, 2012). All these are attributed to
advanced models to be used in surgeries brought about by technology. There is much equipment
that has been brought about by technology advancement including 3D echocardiogram and CT
reconstruction. These two have made surgery more efficient by improving imaging capabilities
which enable surgeons to operate without hindrances on the human body (Raza, Sabik, Masabni,
Ainkaran, Lytle, W. B., & Blackstone, 2014). Healthcare services have improved too, by the
introduction of robotic surgery and teleconferencing. The latter has enabled doctors to provide
knowledge and expertise far and wide irrespective of their physical location. They can monitor,
track and communicate with their patients to help them keeping tabs on their ailments (Raza, et
al., 2014). Robotic surgery helps doctors conduct surgery remotely with the use of a machine that
can multitask and overcome some of the limitations a human doctor may have. This improves the
likelihood of an operation to be successful which benefits both the physician and the patient.
Additionally, there are Pc Served Medical procedures together with CAS, which have
been termed as computer or laptop well guided medical procedures. Most surgeons, especially
cosmetic surgeons rely on these procedures in some surgery activities on various subjects, such
COURSE PROJECT- ROUGH DRAFT
3
as orthopedic and otolaryngologic operations (Hendricks-Munoz, 2015). In clinical laboratories,
well-trained individuals are making use ...
CONNECTED HEALTH Thesis - Loïc RICCI ReportLoïc RICCI
This document is an abstract for a thesis paper on the potential benefits of connected health for users and society. The paper explores the growing field of connected health and its applications. The author argues that connected health, which collects health information through sensors and monitors patients remotely, has the potential to maximize human life expectancy and quality by providing constant health monitoring and early detection of health issues. However, widespread adoption of connected health also faces challenges regarding data security, technological barriers for users, impacts on the healthcare industry workforce, and determining appropriate regulations and oversight. The thesis will examine both the benefits of connected health as well as the issues that need to be addressed for its effective implementation.
HealthPanel is a platform that connects users to health experts for personalized consultations and shares health data to provide actionable advice. It aims to make healthcare more convenient, accessible, and results-oriented through a feedback loop model. By leveraging diagnostic testing, lifestyle data, and continuous accountability, HealthPanel believes it can help users take control of their health and avoid disease. It sees an opportunity in disrupting traditional healthcare models through personalized, software-based solutions that are simple for everyday people to use.
Europe's Top 5 Effective Leaders in Healthcare Edition.pdfinsightscare
Insights Care’s team carried out its own research and found the ‘Europe's Top 5 Effective Leaders in Healthcare,’ and depicted their revolutionary tales
Preparing for the Future Innovation in Digital Healthcare: Manas TripathiRahul Neel Mani
This document discusses various topics related to innovation in digital healthcare. It begins by describing different types of innovation, such as visible innovation for end users and invisible process innovation. It then provides examples of innovation, including how a hacker developed an innovative mosquito protection laser shield using common consumer electronics. The document also examines the transition to more patient-centric care from centralized medical facilities. It provides case studies on innovative portable e-backpacks in Brazil that expand access to remote communities and a UK program called Patient Access that improves patient experiences and reduces wait times through phone consultations.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease which affects 1.5-5% of the population of most developed countries and an estimated 125m people worldwide. It manifests as
a fluctuating inflammatory skin disease and affects to varying degrees the quality of life of those who suffer from it. Despite policy recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO),1,2 many governments have taken little or no action to improve the
health of those living with psoriasis. Across Europe and Canada, work is under way by various parties to address the challenges posed by the disease, but those leading these
efforts say that they would benefit from more government interest and support.
EUPATI 2013 Conference: Vision on Patient involvement in medicines R&D: Here...EUPATI
This document discusses increasing patient involvement in medical research and development. It notes that the medical landscape is transforming rapidly through innovations like personalized medicine and biomarkers. While this benefits patients, it also means smaller trial populations and a need for more post-marketing data. The document advocates for increasing patient involvement in areas like clinical trial design, setting research priorities, measuring quality of life, and pharmaceutical policy. It highlights the European Patients' Academy (EUPATI) project, which aims to empower patients through education on medical research and development processes in order to facilitate greater patient engagement.
The speech focuses on digital innovation from the point of view of a pharmaceutical company: how technology can integrate the offer of drugs and therapeutic solutions for the healthcare and well-being of citizens. Last year the app I-nonni was presented as a Sanofi start-up project with the primary goal of connecting the older adults with relatives and health professionals, such as doctors and pharmacists, in an easy and effective way. This year the progress in the services offered will be presented, as well as a study proving the effectiveness of the digital fitness tool that we developed with the aim of training the cognitive abilities of older adults (and not only).
Healthy Savings. Medical Technology and the Economic Burden of DiseaseRevital (Tali) Hirsch
As America ages and sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy diets become more common, experts agree the nation is suffering a sharp rise in the prevalence of chronic disease. As the 21st century unfolds, technology – in the form of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic devices -- can meet the need for early detection and more effective management of illness. Some researchers, however, have questioned whether the overall benefit of technical advances outweighs the costs -- a question this report definitively answers.
Accordingly, researchers at the Milken Institute undertook a comprehensive, quantitative documentation of medical technology's impact on the economic burden of disease. The study also projects how future innovation in this sector would affect the health care system and the larger economy -- a positive benefit of more than $23 billion a year for the United States.
The study takes a systematic approach to documenting the full costs and broader economic benefits of health care investments by examining innovations pertaining to four prevalent causes of disability and death: heart disease, diabetes, colorectal cancer, and musculoskeletal disease. The report considers therapeutics and diagnostic devices that are widely used and have substantially affected the lives of patients as well as the overall U.S. economy. Among the 10 devices or device-based procedures studied are pacemakers, insulin infusion pumps, colonoscopies, and joint replacement surgery.
The data demonstrate that the use of medical technology brings considerable economic benefits. These are seen in both aggregate savings in treatment expenditures and prevention as well as the reduction of "indirect impact" through larger contributions to the economy.
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
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2. 1
ABSTRACT
Every day, we rely on the health care system
to provide us with the necessary means to
live a healthy life and every day, new health
care technologies come to life. However,
this sort of innovation rarely respects the
traditional boundaries between the different
professions, nor their ethical views. So
what happens when health care innovation
collides with health care ethics? How can
we assure evaluation and integration of new
technologies and at the same time guarantee
safety through health care ethics? This
question reveals a paradox of health care
ethics, a deontological paradox.
This article is based on my master’s thesis
on the deontological paradox in health care.
The theory of this paradox was applied to
a qualitative case study in France where a
Danish company tries to introduce their
screening technology for signs of diabetic
eye diseases. The study showed that the
deontological paradox stems from different
ethical views in health care and that an
ethical approach to health care innovation
therefore is needed.
Bertel Kirkeby, School of Business and Social Sciences,
Aarhus University, Denmark, 2015.
3. 2
THE
DEONTOLOGICAL
PARADOX
Introduction
Health care ethics, or deontology, has
two responsibilities: to keep up with
technological progress and to protect
citizens against potentially harmful
technologies and devices. But what happens
when health care innovation collides with
health care ethics? A good example of this
is the case in France where medical ethics
seem to differ from other European countries
in certain areas. The Danish company
RetinaLyze System A/S tries to introduce their
screening technology for the diabetic eye
disease diabetic retinopathy, the leading
cause of blindness in France for people
under 65. This screening method allows
non-medical staff to perform an automated
analysis that can detect early signs of
diabetic retinopathy and refer patients in
need of further examination and treatment
to an ophthalmologist. However, the
technology collides with medical practices
and health care ethics in France where only
ophthalmologists are allowed to screen for
this kind of eye disease due to deontological
constraints. The French case clearly
demonstrates how the two responsibilites
of health care ethics can end in conflict and
stifle innovation.
What happens when health care
innovation collides with health
care ethics?
DESIGN
The results in this article are the results of
my master’s thesis, which was designed as a
qualitative case study including qualitative
interviews and text analysis. The study was
based on the theory of a deontological
paradox, developed through use of ethical
theory. Two qualitative, single-person
interviews were conducted (four were
intended but two respondents refused
to participate, see the Discussion section
on the final page). The interviewees were
the CEO of RetinaLyze System A/S and
the vice-president of the National Union
of Ophthalmologists in France. A number
of texts from health care professionals,
health authorities, health advisers, national
unions and political bodies in France were
analysed. The study also built on innovation
theory, discourse communities theory and
stakeholder management theory.
In order to understand the theoretical
foundation of the deontological paradox, it
is useful to shortly distinguish some of the
ethical theories and in particular medical
ethics theories. Ethical principles naturally
4. 3
MISSION
Medical deontology is a set of moral rules
that must ensure safe practice and keep up
with technological progress.
SECURITY PROGRESS
APPLICATION
Medical deontology must consider
contextual as well as universal
ethical principles.
RELATIVISM UNIVERSALISM
EVALUATION
Medical deontology must consider the
intentions as well as the consequences
of an act.
DEONTOLOGY UTILITARIANISM
The deontological paradox
play an important part here. The need for
security is rooted in the principle of not
doing harm to patients (non-maleficence),
while the need for progress is about doing
good (beneficence). Ethical relativists
claim that ethical principles are entirely
context-dependend and cannot transcend
social and gegraphical realities while
ethical universalism claims the existence
of universal, ethical principles that we all
must comply to. According to deontological
ethics, the intentions of an act determine
the nature and value of this act while the
utilitarian or consequentialist approach
consider only the actual consequences
of this act. These somewhat contradicting
notions come to life every day when people
make decisions and they led me to assume
the existence of a deontological paradox in
the very mission of a medical deontology, a
conflict between security and progress. This
conflict, I assumed, must hold implications
for both health care innovation, for medical
practices and for strategic communication
within the health care sector.
The illustration below sums up the different
ethical positions. This model was used
directly in the analyses of the case study.
5. 4
CASE STUDY
Screening for signs of diabetic eye
disease in France
Growing screening demand
There are 387 million diabetics in the world
in 2015. This number is expected to rise to
nearly 600 milllion by 2035. In France, there
are 4,5 million diabetics. Up to 165 000 of
them have diabetic retinopathy but less than
half are screened regularly due to a lack of
medical staff.
This progression is particularly alarming
because diabetic retinopathy can progress
for years without symptoms, resulting in
irreparable vision loss. Given the financial
costs for society associated with blindness,
not to mention the socio-emotional costs
for the patient, finding a solution to this
development is paramount for national
health care systems around the world.
... but lacking ressources
The low screening rate is a direct result of
the contradicting progression illustrated
below: the number of diabetics is on the
rise while the number of ophthalmologists is
falling. This leads to longer waiting lists and
geographical ‘medical deserts’ as described
by the French Senate in 2014: “The medical
deserts, as well as the prospect of a strong
decrease in the number of doctors in
the years to come, make it necessary to
investigate the possibilities of delegating
tasks to other health care professions in order
to free up medical time and to allow doctors
to focus on core tasks of their profession and
their specific added value.”
2015 2025
5.000.000
6.000.000
5.000
6.000
4.000.000 4.000
3.000.000 3.000
2.000.000 2.000
1.000.000 1.000
4.500.000
5.656
3.840
5.100.000
Number of diabetics in France
Number of ophthalmologists in France
Sources:
National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies in France
National Union of Ophthalmologists in France
changingdiabetesbarometer.com
6. 5
This is where the automated RetinaLyze
screening method can be used. With a
specialised camera, medical as well as non-
medical staff can take a photo of the back
of the eye (retina-photo) and upload the
image for analysis online. The results are
ready within minutes and will tell whether
or not the algorithm has found lesions on
the retina. If more than three lesions are
detected, the patient is immediately refered
to an ophthalmologist. If three lesions or less
are detected, a new screening is scheduled
within an appropriate time frame.
Freeing up medical time
Using this screening technique, only patients
who need to see a doctor are referred
to one, and the doctor can avoid seeing
hundreds of people who have no illness.
This pre-screening can therefore ensure a
higher screening rate, free up medical time,
allow doctors to focus on core medical tasks
and thereby prevent blindness caused by
diabetic retinopathy.
What is needed is therefore a delegation of
certain tasks from medical to non-medical
staff. In France, there are 3,000–4,000
orthoptists, 5-6,000 ophthalmologists
and 25,000 opticians. Opticians have
shorter educations and are not bound
by deontology, which is why they are not
allowed to perform these screenings in
France as they are in other countries where
the technology is used such as Denmark,
Sweden and Spain.
Orthoptists could perform the screenings
as they are bound by the vow of silence
and they normally work closely with
ophthalmologists when overseeing
the treatment prescribed by the
ophthalmologist. Recently, orthoptists
have been allowed to take retina-photos
which are then sent digitally to analysis
by an ophthalmologist. So far, however,
suggestions to allow orhoptists to perform
ophthalmological pre-screenings have been
refused by the French health authorities.
Innovation in health care in France
To sum up, demographic changes (ageing
population and physical inactivity) raise
A retina-photo is taken by medical or non-medical staff.
The photo is analysed by the RetinaLyze algorithm.
If 0-3 lesions are
found, the patient
returns within
3-12 months to be
screened again.
If more than 3
lesions are found,
the patient is
immediately
refered to an
ophthalmologist.
RetinaLyze®
HOW IT WORKS
the number of diabetics, both diagnosed
and non-diagnosed. An incongruity exists
between the need for eye screenings and
the long waiting lists in France to get an
appointment. New knowledge is transformed
into a new screening technology in health
care by RetinaLyze System A/S in order to
amend this incongruity. This new technology
may stimulate a change in how medical tasks
are delegated between different professions.
When a change in the health care apparatus
is needed, the conflicting nature of health
care ethics shows itself. The conflicts of
interest, rooted in ethical views, become
evident, as is the case in the French health
care sector.
7. 6
It is in this context that I have examined how
the paradox of health care innovation and
health care ethics is constructed. Everyone
involved in this area of society somehow
contributes to one of these two missions in
health care ethics. To examine this, I conducted
two in-depth interviews and analysed a
number of texts from health care professionals,
health advisers, national unions, French health
authorities and other political institutions. The
interviews were analysed thematically using
meaning condensation while the texts were
analysed using a combination of linguistic
analysis, argumentation analysis and discourse
analysis. The model of the deontological
paradox was used in both of the analytical
phases. The following section illustrates
how the interview data was thematised
and condensed and how the model of the
deontological paradox was then used directly
in the analysis. The textual analyses are not
exemplified here but can be found in full
lenght in my master’s thesis (see final page for
reference).
MISSION
Distrust and uncertainty are human reactions to anything new, according to the RetinaLyze
System CEO. The need for security is the main priority for the ophthalmologist vice-president. The
perceived risks mentioned during the interviews (fear of initial user errors, financial loss, increase
in number of non-interpretable retina-photos) in fact stress the need for security, according to the
vice-president. Being bound by the vow of silence is not enough to perform medical acts, which
underscores the importance of security concerns and of the perception of the act in question.
APPLICATION
Both interviewees rely on universal ethics in the form of ethical principals: The CEO proposes an
adaptation of the educational system to match those in other countries in order to improve the
health care system while the vice-president encourages a universal human morality and a moral
selfregulation that can guide the agents’ decisions.
EVALUATION
The CEO focuses on the effects and the potentials of the technology, following a utilitarian
approach. The vice-president focuses on how other health care professions can become more
deontological according to a deontological approach, focused on intentions, procedures and pre-
established rules, especially since common morality seems to be completely missing within the
health care industry today, according to the vice-president.
INTERVIEW 1: CEO, RETINALYZE SYSTEM A/S
THEME
Sub-theme
SEGMENT CONDENSED MEANING
CAUSES
Gaps between professions
“So this is reflected in society and it creates a
situation where these gaps between professions
are allowed to exist much more firmly than they
might in other countries, right?”
The gaps between professions are
very articulated in France.
INTERVIEW 2: VICE-PRESIDENT, NATIONAL UNION OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS IN FRANCE
THEME
Sub-theme
SEGMENT CONDENSED MEANING
CAUSES
Industry image
“The industry has a major role to play in
innovation but it remains commercial. So it
innovates in order to sell. In this way, it’s role
is clear, they are salespeople, they are in the
business, and their business is to always be the
best.”
Companies innovate in order to
sell.
8. 7
RESULTS
Ethical conflict
The deontological paradox stems from the different ethical views that can be found
within the health care system (non-maleficence/security vs. beneficence/progress). These
ethical views also determine the vision and agenda of a given health care profession (or
professional) which makes them work against each other instead of with each other.
Amplifier
The paradox becomes even more evident in the case of contradicting progressions in
society (health care needs vs. available ressources vs. health care innovation).
Paradox co-creation
All participate in the (re-)production of the deontological paradox. Public and private
health care agents share the same challenges and apply the same strategies.
Need for ethical approach
An ethical approach to health care innovation is not only useful, but necessary. This
is evident in the application of the model of the deontological paradox where ethical
conflicts are revealed on all three levels (MISSION, APPLICATION and EVALUATION).
Perception is everything
The perception of a profession or a specific act can be essential for ressort delegation and
hence for health care innovation. That is why some corporate communication tools are
useful in the health care sector.
9. 8
CONCLUSION
AND SUGGESTIONS
Conclusion
When new technology or new practices
within health care are introduced, health
care innovation and health care ethics may
collide due to contradicting, ethical views,
but also mistrust. One example of this is the
health care industry’s image, often associated
with self-interest, individual gain and profit.
The contradicting ethical views lead the
individual agents, unions and professions to
stress their own position in relation to others
by communicating these views. Health care
innovation is stifled as a result.
Suggestions
The study as well as the litterature on health
care innovation made it possible to give
some suggestions for evaluating new health
care technologies. First, differences in the
educational system between countries
can be diminished since these differences
lead to differences in professional
medical deontology and hence create
individual health care professions across
countries. Health Technology Assessment,
a screening method including horizon
scanning for new technologies, is also
recommended, especially in cooperation
with international review agencies like
EUnetHTA and EuroScan. A higher
degree of intra- and interorganisational
collaboration is encouraged, both internally
between those responsible for innovation,
deontology and market access and between
organisations. It is clear from this and other
case studies that timely evaluation of new
technologies is often hindered due to a lack
of interdisciplinary collaboration. Finally,
economic evaluation of new technologies
is recommended at the regional level
to perform cost-efficiency tests and
potentially use the results at a national scale
subsequently.
The need for strategic communication
in health care innovation
A holistic, interpretative approach to the
health care sector is needed. Corporate
communication offers pertinent tools for pre-
diagnostic and analysis and for stakeholder
identification, analysis and management.
The ultimate, shared goal for the health care
sector is to ensure the safety and welbeing
of citizens, and to do this, corporate
communicaton as a strategic discipline
can evoque predominant, social norms,
demonstrate harmony between apparently
contradicting ethical views and articulate
these shared goals of the individual health
care professions.
10. 9
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To study the way the paradox materialises in
society, two more interviews were intended
with two organisations central to the research
questions. One was the French National
Agency for Medicines and Health Products
Safety who, after several conversations by
telephone refused to participate in the
study, partly because they did not have a
section or division in charge of the interface
between innovation and deontology. The
other, The French Union for Opticians,
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obtaining interviews with key organisations
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the equivalent difficulties in evaluating new
technologies within health care.
While qualitative case studies do not seek
statistical generalisations, they do allow
theoretical and analytical generalisations
of their propositions. The theory of a
DISCUSSION POINTS
paradox innate in a concept such as medical
deontology can therefore be applied to
other case studies within the health care
sector and to other social systems based on
professional ethics.
To do this, the model of the deontological
paradox would need to be adapted and
elaborated. Furthermore, in its current form,
it simplifies complex ethical positions, and
the same model is used in different social
contexts. Future research could elaborate
these ethical positions and combine several
case studies in a multiple, mixed methods
case study on the evaluation of new health
technologies across health care systems.
Click here to access the master’s thesis
online.
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