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A Digital-first mindset for a Healthy Nation

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Healthcare has an incredible opportunity to flourish digitally to achieve the universal mission to improve patient care and outcomes. Advancements in technology, new entrants, and changing consumer expectations are driving a global shift in healthcare. Digital health connects and empowers people and populations to manage health and wellness, augmented by accessible and supportive providers thus making healthcare flexible, integrated, and equitable for all.   

Digital health is a strategic approach to deliver care that leverages tools to achieve an organisation’s articulated goals. JioHealthHub is a leading Digital-First healthcare platform that identifies gaps for enterprises in their digital transformation journey.  

Over the past few years, many hospitals and health systems have adopted digital technologies in their different functional areas. They have taken initiatives from installing electronic health record systems to building apps to trying disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and more.   

Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, IoT, Augmented Reality, Virtual reality, 5G, and quantum computing are some of the leading agenda milestones in healthcare which have already adopted a digital-first paradigm.   

Innovation as a core function:  

The innovation component of robust digital health strategy and structure is also an increasingly important function. The main concept focuses on having the edge over the current technology landscape.  

There is no surprise that patient data is crucial for healthcare. Patient data is collected at every single step for keeping the practitioners informed about care decisions.   

Manual patient data entry, paper forms, and undocumented processes usually lead to inconsistent patient experience, error-prone experience, and also long waiting times.  

Digitising the healthcare system: 

Healthcare providers need to move towards automation and digitisation for enhancing patient satisfaction. In today’s digital age, the expectation of patients has changed and healthcare providers have to adapt to new ways for keeping up and for easing the burden of their heavy workforce.   

By incorporating digital solutions, healthcare providers improve the patient experience and also create accessible, scalable, and high-performing environments for patient care.   

Evolution of wearable technologies and A.I in healthcare:  

The popularity of wearable health technology such as smartwatches, biosensors, and fitness trackers has increased. Patients have become more engaged and connected with healthcare and are relying on these devices which enable them to monitor their vital health signs daily and also share that health data with the doctors.   

Artificial Intelligence improves healthcare delivery by automating procedures to free up healthcare individuals. A.I improves efficiency and productivity and also reduces human error thus enhancing healthcare daily work.   

Healthcare is entering the digital world that embraces change and develops the leadership, organisational structures, and processes to optimize the opportunities to have a competitive advantage.   

Challenges solved by digital health:  

  • Putting the patient at the center: this helps in reimaging care through the patient’s eye to cater to solutions that help customers navigate the healthcare system and manage their health.   
  • Navigating specialty care journey: by supporting patients continuously i.e., from diagnosis to treatment decisions to disease management planning, providing everything at the ease of one click, one can improve the outcome and experience.   
  • Create a seamless digital ecosystem: digital health innovations create information and multi-homing issues for patients as they interact with many disparate sites of care.   

We are not far from realising technology’s full potential to improve the healthcare system. In 2023, the organisations must introduce innovation within their ecosystem and promote resiliency for attaining better business outcomes and producing life-saving remedies.  

 

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