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Recent Trends in Healthcare Industry



        Global leaders, governmental organizations and private institutions should learn from the
        success  and  failure  observed  in  handling  the  COVID-19  crisis.  Concerns  in  shortage  of

        appropriately skilled healthcare staff and inter-operability issues or risks associated with
        disparate systems and processes need to be addressed. Public health systems must remain

        committed  in  developing  robust  research  initiatives,  prompt  diagnostic  techniques  and
        adequate  surveillance  programs  towards  prevention  and  treatment  of  diseases  and

        infections. Global coordination and international co-operation can help avoid future crisis
        of  a  pandemic  through  widespread  vaccination,  better  diagnosis  and  careful
        macroeconomic  stewardship.  Developing  public-private  partnerships,  recognizing  social

        health  determinants,  investing  in  better  prevention  and  treatment  regimes  is  the  key  to
        greater and beneficial impact on health outcomes. Healthcare providers are stressing on

        developing rigorous financial management, efficient operational performance, outcomes-
        based care and innovative solutions to reduce cost structure, improve care provision and

        healthcare  models  with  better  reimbursement  and  payment  trends.  The  evolving
        government policies, market complexity, regulatory oversight and risk management have to

        be amplified to protect clinical data, healthcare innovations and medical device.


        Clinical innovations, patient preferences, government programs and policies are prompting

        hospitals  to  shift  to  alternative  healthcare  strategies  and  virtual  environments  for  better
        cost effectiveness and remote accessibility. Digital technologies and facilitation of system-

        wide adoption of digital innovation can enable convenience-driven accessibility, improve
        patient engagement and nurture a long term relationship. Stakeholders should collaborate
        to  fund  and  promote  strategies,  approaches  and  sustainable  healthcare  deliveries  by

        investing  on  technological  advances  of  virtual  health,  artificial  intelligence  and  tele-
        healthcare  services  to  provide  personalized  and  affordable  healthcare  system  with  better

        traction. Co-ordinated, customized, and convenient healthcare solutions and services are
        expected  to  avoid  dissatisfaction  and  ensure  transparency  in  quality,  safety  and  cost.

        Patient  and  consumer  engagement  strategies  with  tele-health  services,  wearable
        monitoring and fitness devices, social media, online resources and other well-positioned

        technologies can help make informed healthcare decisions. Government strategies, policies
        and  regulations  can  strengthen  healthcare  security  and  safety  while  healthcare
        organizations focuses on crisis management capabilities, compliance and awareness-drives

        or programs for stronger and better cyber-diligence.



                                                                              ~Dr. Maria Carina Cordeiro,
                                                                                            Faculty





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