Jan 22, 2025 · In an insight report from 2024, part of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Healthcare Transformation Initiative, a case study on digital patient platform Huma, revealed it could reduce readmission rates by 30%, time spent reviewing patients by up to 40% and “alleviated the workload of healthcare providers”.

Dec 19, 2024 · Healthcare settings around the world are at breaking point. By digitally integrating care beyond hospital walls, healthcare everywhere can be optimized, benefiting staff and patients. Healthcare leaders in government, policy and industry must work together to create an environment where innovation thrives and its adoption is seamless.

Jan 17, 2024 · Despite our best efforts, there simply isn’t enough time for healthcare providers to support all the preventive, chronic and acute care needed – one study factored that it would require physicians to work an impossible 26.7 hours per day.

Nov 14, 2023 · As healthcare systems around the world struggle to meet patient needs with limited funds, Styliadou and MacLean explain – in this edited version of their interview – where value-based healthcare is working well and what needs to happen to accelerate it.

Feb 22, 2023 · Healthcare innovation is accelerating at an unprecedented scale, particularly in the digital sphere, the World Health Organization says. Advances such as artificial intelligence and gene editing are transforming the way diseases are detected and treated. Here are 5 innovations that are pushing boundaries in healthcare.

Apr 5, 2023 · The pandemic fired rapid digitalization across healthcare, as with other sectors. And in 2021, digital investments in the healthcare sector nearly doubled to $57 billion, with an emphasis on telehealth and mental health. Tech companies are increasingly focusing on healthcare, while digital health start-ups are also growing rapidly.

Oct 9, 2020 · Most healthcare staff including doctors and nurses are employed by the state. The UK’s National Health Service operates on this model. The model itself takes its name from the economist Sir William Beveridge , who mapped out the introduction of the UK’s welfare state and National Health Service in the years following the end of the Second ...

Nov 11, 2024 · The World Economic Forum’s Digital Healthcare Transformation Initiative has identified the potential for it to address some of the most pressing healthcare challenges. John Halamka, Dwight and Dian Diercks President, Mayo Clinic Platform, discusses how AI can improve early disease detection, equitable healthcare, patient outcomes, and ...

Jan 4, 2025 · This integration can help improve patient outcomes, enhance treatment adherence, reduce healthcare costs, and alleviate physician stress. By embedding behavioural health services within primary care, we tackle two major barriers: the shortage of mental health professionals and the stigma associated with seeking treatment.

Jan 18, 2022 · In the US alone, nearly 1 in 5 healthcare workers quit their jobs during the pandemic. With women representing 70% of the healthcare workforce, gender-based policies are needed to protect and support them. We must replace aging healthcare workforces, and care for our healthcare professionals traumatized by the pandemic.