An F&S report which analyses changing business models and the impact of technology in global healthcare which is bringing a paradigm shift in healthcare.
In summary, report says that modern healthcare system is on the horizon, experiencing a paradigm shift from fragmented patient flow to integrated & automated with less invasive, preventative diagnosis & treatments. Healthcare focus is becoming more and more patient centric than provider centric & in terms of monitoring and approaching the system is becoming more de-centralized and personalised medicine than just one centralised fits for all approach. Tools & devices have become “Theranostics”* than just being mere diagnostics tools. Preventing Sickness & providing wellness has become the objective of the healthcare.
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*“Theranostics” is the term used to describe the proposed process of diagnostic therapy for individual patients – to test them for possible reaction to taking a new medication and to tailor a treatment for them based on the test results.
