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Future healthcare delivery will need to incorporate mHealth solutions due to changing demographic and economic factors. As populations age and healthcare costs rise, a shift towards preventative care and individual responsibility over one's health is needed. Mobile technologies can help enable this shift by providing remote patient monitoring, data collection for advanced diagnosis, and on-demand access to health information and services. Widespread adoption of mHealth still faces challenges around regulatory approval and data security that will require cooperation across the healthcare industry.
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- 1. Future Healthcare Delivery Will Need mHealth Solutions Delivery of Healthcare in the medium term will be characterised by substantial changes, ranging from the essential to real paradigm shifts. Driven by financial needs and supported by technological innovations and accompanied by socio-demographic factors the landscape of Healthcare will never be the same again. One of the most prominent masterminds in this area, the pioneering geneticist and cardiologist Eric Topol is calling it “The Creative Destruction of Medicine”. WHY? Shifts in the demographic structure and material prosperity in the Western World changed the life from cradle to grave and with it the need to change the philosophy in the delivery of Healthcare. We will witness a reorganisation of social systems and the self-understanding of governments and nations. Driven by financial needs nations be forced to change definitions and values and Healthcare is one central area where no stone will remain unturned in finding more efficient and up-to –date solutions to provide a better allocation of scarce resources and develop cost saving potentials. The development of innovative mHealth solutions is crucial and many organisations are turning their attention to this sector. WHAT? Health and healthcare will cease to be a concern for the State. The risk of getting a disease is determined to some extent by an individual’s life style. It will cease to be a Public responsibility to take care of an individual’s health. It will remain to be responsibility of Government to provide resources in hospitals and other such institutions but taking care of our own health could and should be rewarded and the opposite will lead to healthcare being provided on the basis of a basic service. Choosing a healthy lifestyle requires support and instant access to information and services by technology can be provided by our companion – our mobiles hence the development of mHealth. Mobiles are more and more important in our daily life and are now accepted, for example, when making payments, access control and electronic ticketing. The use of mobile phones to deliver elements of Healthcare is not only logical but also inevitable. Data collection will create substantial volumes of information, available for analysis, generating insights into human health previously not available. With the revolutionary findings of the Nobel Prize winning Luc Montagnier diseases can be detected by the information - captured through the ambient electromagnetic background of very low frequency waves, characterizing pathogenic cells and bacteria. HOW? Mobile devices and internet based solutions will provide access to functions such as: Individual data capture Remote monitoring by a health specialist Storage and bundling of data to enable comprehensive analysis and profound diagnosis Reminder services Video tutorials Training support Behaviour change
- 2. Medication support and automatic ordering services Emergency services Nutrition diary and shopping guidance Electronic package inserts Full and instant access to individual medical records on a secure basis WHERE? The Western World sees the need to change its approach on the delivery of Healthcare and they will be followed quickly by the BRICS states. The Third World will need to develop an approach to catch up with and fully utilise innovative technology driven applications to provide real and sustainable improvements in healthcare. The good news is that mobile communication is available on a global basis and becoming more sophisticated and less expensive. This provides another reason why mHealth is inevitable. This paradigm shift in medical care will shift main focus in new directions: From costly treatments like surgery and therapies to prevention and pre-screening From social duty to individual responsibility From a passive concern to an active obligation From hospitals and doctors practices to anywhere individuals need advice and help From stationary to mobile From drugs to information From treatments based on generalised information to individualised treatments ACCEPTANCE? In order for the mHealth opportunity to develop and be useful in the Healthcare environment the Regulatory Bodies will need to ensure that approval is given for medical purposes quickly and with the minimum of fuss. As mHealth products are generally non-invasive the critical issue will be the accuracy of the data captured for analysis and the security of such data when stored and transmitted. If mHealth is to have the impact being suggested then all bodies in the Healthcare arena will need to work together. This may be the biggest challenge to success! Dr. Dr. Gerhard Lingg MSc