What is Convergence in Healthcare? We are seeing a recent trend driven by advent of cloud and other communication technologies where all systems start becoming one and seamless. What this means is that the patients phone connects back to the physician, the physician phone connects to the healthcare records, and they in turn connect with various diagnostic and other treatment devices. This improves further by connect with financial and insurance systems.
As all these systems become one, the burden and stress associated with delivering quality care start coming down, and overall quality and experience starts improving. However, this is neither easy not straightforward, and creates various questions around data security, privacy, access rights, governance, and others. We talk about some of these practical implications of delivering seamless healthcare in the more connected future world.
We at Healthark Insights have been actively tracking the innovations driving the future of health. In this knowledge series we plan to cover some of the key trends that are shaping the future of the healthcare industry and share our perspective on the subject. Some of the other trends that we plan to cover in this series include:
1. Digital Therapeutics 2. Synthetic Control Arms 3. Digital Twin in Healthcare 4. Artificial Intelligence as the new doctor 5. Virtual Clinical Trials 6. Blockchain in Healthcare 7. Miniaturization in Medical Devices
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