Digitalization in health care
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- According to Global healthcare trends digitalization play a vital role in delivering future improvements at a sustainable cost to the world’s health.
- The digital transformation of healthcare services will be one of the most important factors over the next decade. The future healthcare system will be ‘consumer-centric’ healthcare which allowing citizens to have much more responsibility for managing their healthcare and that of their families.
- Digital is supporting and accelerating the systemic shift to value-based healthcare. New intelligence, in hardware and other objects, is bridging the gap between the digital and the physical worlds. Hospitals, physicians’ offices and payers are accessible with a click, tap or scroll.
- According to a global data survey it has been found that 35% of pharmaceutical professionals believe COVID-19 has brought digital transformation in the pharmaceutical industry forwards by more than five years.
- Digitalization play an important role in sustaining supply and demand in the wider global economy, thus preventing an irreversible shock. It was found that digital adoption has been increased during the pandemic which has resulted in a significant transformation in healthcare delivery within a short period.
- Digitalization along with telemedicine services have significantly improved equity in delivering health care services.
- The advantages and benefits of digitalization of health lies by excluding the physicians from daily occurring documentations. This helps them to focus on their primary tasks of spending time in diagnosis and correct treatment of patients with the aid of personalized medicines. The impact of digitalization can also be help in creating inclusiveness among different age groups, genders and communities by removing barriers in health services.
- Another aspect of digitalization is the collaborative research which supports the expansion of health research boundaries. In summary, digitalization of healthcare ensures value and focus based patient support system with ultimate goal of making global healthcare a reality in hindsight.
- An important feature of digitalization with respect to consumers and stakeholders is the transparency with which the system works. The same applies to digital supply chain management with flexibility for quick responses to any situation. This transparency makes the process authentic, consistent and evidence based.