E-Health or No-Health

-Ashok Bandaru

What is e-Health

e-Health is the convergence of

“medical informatics, public

health, and business, referring to

health services and information

delivered or enhanced through the

Internet and related technologies”.

- The Journal of Medical Internet

Research, JMIR

Why is it required?

As per a Gartner study, eHealth contributes

significantly to:

• Patient Safety

• Quality of Care

• Growing elderly population

• Availability

• Empowerment of the patient

• Continuity of Care

Value chain

Importance of low-power and reliable sensors

• 10% reduction in hospital acquired Infections• 17% reduction in adverse drug events• 41% reduction in drug interaction errors• 52% rise in patients with documented self management goals• 7% reduction in average length of stay in hospital• 48% reduction in duplicate laboratory/chemistry tests• 19% reduction in hospital admissions for chronic conditions• 83% reduction in medication errors due to mistaken identity

- Improving the health care system with eHealth, Report published by Ministry of Health and Social Affairs Sweden

Foto: Jonatan Stålhös

-Innovative, patient focused care

-Increased cost efficiency, Shorter ques

-Virtual heath centers will be established (Like Mindoktor)

-Collaboration between the Region and Innovators is key in order to get success

Region-Skåne – 2 Billion SEK in 2017

E-Health industry gaps

• Hard Design vs Soft Reality GapFinancially and Medically Rational designs can be dominated by 'soft'

factors: people, politics, emotions and culture

• Gaps between private and public health systemsHealth Information System designed for the private sector are replicated

in public healthcare which is not suited for the same

• Country Context GapsHealth Information Systems, Health Infrastructure, Medical policies and

regulations are highly country-specific, causing migration issues

• Personal & Data IntegrityPatient data is top secret and need to secure in all ways

Case Studies

Baby viewer

Problem solved:Affordable treatment for mass population (Asia, Africa & South America)

How:Low cost high precise sensors/medtech devices

Virtual Health Centrals(Virtuella vårdcentraler)

• A tailor-made unmanned wellness

room, open round the clock for

residents in rural areas by NHI

(Nordic Health Innovation)

• Addresses the need to reduce

human intervention for routine

health checkups

• Doctors have remote access to the

equipment monitoring the patient

parameters, can also camera-zoom

in on any injuries on the patient's

body

E-Health Ecosystem Challenges

• Empowering the patient

• Managing geographical and socioeconomic inequities in

health

• Improving patient safety

• Shorter waiting times and better access

• Managing a new disease panorama, pandemics, resistant

bacteria, lifestyle diseases

• Further developing IT-services to support healthcare

• Population group over 65 years of age will increase by 28%

before year 2020

• Healthcare expenditure is expected to increase by 20%

before year 2030

Our Focus

”Connecting”

What we do

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