DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES.
Authors: Inna Bond & Shimo Henry
We strongly believe that technology has the power to improve health outcomes by not only accelerate access to healthcare services but the same improve the quality of it.
Digital transformation healthcare is a very hot topic today. What makes the topic of digital healthcare transformation the most popular? Our desire to live to be 150 years old? With new technologies? Or the unchanging desire of humanity to look into a wonderful future and take a step towards this wonderful future.
The horizon of life is 150 years. The reality of our digital future.
When we look at the paintings of the great medieval artists, we find the familiar outlines of beautiful faces. We are surprised to meet our relatives in the paintings of medieval artists.
We easily accept everything that is familiar to us and has a clear accessible appearance. We love to learn new things, finding familiar elements in the new. We love to realize that we know what it is.
And we do not accept what seems to us obscure and unexplored. But in the case of our favorite trend — digital transformation in healthcare. We cannot deny the importance and significance of transformation. But we do not accept this because we do not have competencies and deep knowledge.
№ 1 Challenge.
The lack of awareness and knowledge about digital Health technologies i.e VR, Wearable Sensors, IA, Robotics. Upskilling the local healthcare workforce is thus a major prerequisite to maximize the benefits from the innovations made possible with the spread of digital health technologies.
How to create digital models or solutions that will be close to everyone?
Creating awareness through evidence based approach, Demos, Experimentation, Publications and Digital healthcare Service/products awareness campaigns.
Capacity-building is needed for local support team to understand, maintain and fully utilize digital health systems. Digital transformation international team.
№2 Challenge.
The high cost of digital solutions. Inadequate infrastructure, some Digital hardware are very expensive and required large machines that would be difficult to purchase.
Digital solutions always achieve high economic benefits and lead to increased business profitability. But we cannot reliably calculate this huge economic effect, since we do not know how to calculate the future. And often we don’t even have anything to compare with, since new digital technologies are often unique. This is a real challenge.
What to do?
Strategic Alliance and Partnerships through which Digital health technologies company, Learning institutions, Hospitals, IT, companies , Banking/Finance & medical supply company can work together to creat more value.
It’s like going to Mars. Do we have a reserve of health to fly to Mars? Do we have technologies that are capable of any earthling fly to Mars!
№3 Challenge.
Regulatory compliance. Application of some Digital technologies i.e Human monitor Sensors categorized as High risk Class medical devices and would require documentations for registration in our Local regulatory Authority.
For the first time, we are facing a paradigm shift in the main interface of the doctor-patient relationship. A new paradigm is coming with digital transformation. And this is the first time in the history of civilization.
Regulators can be understood.
And the more we initiate real practical digital implementations, the easier and faster it is possible to influence the rules in healthcare. New digital solutions create new models, models of the future.
