DAVOS, Switzerland and
ABU DHABI, Saudi Arabia, January
22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Healthcare leaders
from the US and
UAE discuss the
'Hospital of the Future'
at the World Economic Forum
"The management and delivery of healthcare in the hospital of
the future will be driven by big data and powered by artificial
intelligence and this trend is going to get bigger and better,"
according to the panel of experts that discussed the 'Hospital of
the Future' at the concluding day of the 47th Annual
Meeting of the World Economic Forum at the Congress Centre in
Davos.
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The panelists in the discussion included Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil, Founder & Managing
Director of VPS Healthcare; Sean
Duffy, Co-founder & CEO of Omada Health; Dr.
Elizabeth Nabel, President of
Brigham and Women's Healthcare; Thomas
DeRosa, CEO of Welltower USA; Sarah
Doherty, Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of
TeleHealthRobotics and Dr. David B.
Agus, Professor of Medicine & Engineering at the
University of Southern California.
Noting significant transformations affecting the world and the
advances made in healthcare, the panel was tasked to find answers
about the emerging technologies that would impact the way of
healthcare delivery in the future. Dr. Shamsheer said, "As almost
every expert agrees, data is the new oil, the new currency and
healthcare industry is already using this and moving towards
sustainable, accessible and affordable delivery model."
With the advancements in technology, it is imperative that
digital health records be standardized and the interoperability of
data is going to play a major role in the future of healthcare
delivery.
"We would like to take healthcare delivery systems as much in to
the homes and in to the communities as possible because we believe
we can deliver better care at lower costs. If you believe in
value-based healthcare, the definition being patient measured
outcomes defined by cost. We believe that outcomes will be better
delivered in the homes and communities rather than hospitals," said
Dr. Elizabeth Nabel.
Healthcare industry has been a bit slower to embrace the digital
revolution as compared to others. There is a lack of uniformity
across technology systems and these self-created silos are creating
confusion, errors, redundancy, missed opportunities, and waste.
"The healthcare industry is very risk averse because of the
issues of quality and safety. There has to be some disruption in
the industry but I believe the disruption in healthcare will come
from outside the industry because we still tend to think very
conventionally. We need to come up with new ideas, new technologies
that will lead to disruptions else we won't see a hospital of the
future. We need a change across the globe, a change which can make
things work," added Dr. Shamsheer.
Digitization continues to be at the heart of change in
healthcare delivery and has led to the introduction of complex
technical systems across the globe.
"Privacy is going to be a big issue because of cyber security.
We need to encrypt data. As we know, a single stolen EHR is valued
at 100 times that of a stolen credit card, so we need to be careful
about online security," said Dr. Shamsheer.
On the curative side, hospitals & clinics are becoming
increasingly aware of the pivotal role of hospitality & service
culture in the patient experience and the impact on the
bottom-line. On the preventive & recovery side, hotels &
resorts are increasingly improving their health & wellness
services for their guests.
"It is an exciting time to be in healthcare. Medicine is
becoming more democratized and patients are already pushing health
systems to innovate and to collaborate with them," said
Sean Duffy.
"The hospital of the future will only be used for catastrophic
care with individuals using the quantified self with sophisticated
artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to create the best
possible scenarios for their health. I for one, am excited to be a
part of this brave new world and believe that a broad based
revolution in healthcare is just on the horizon," added Dr.
Shamsheer.