The Triple Aim and the need for intelligent, distributed and personalized models
Thinking about increasing the quality of care, accelerating its provision without sacrificing quality, and reducing costs to allow everyone to receive necessary care is easier said than done. The intention is simple, but the mission is ambitious because achieving it at a systemic level is an extremely challenging task.
Today, the global reference that describes the necessary approach for a modern, optimized, and sustainable healthcare ecosystem is provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), which has defined three fundamental priorities, known as the Triple Aim:
- Improving individual care through advances in the healthcare sector, such as personalized medicine, which seek to provide superior quality experiences for patients and better outcomes;
- Improving population health with broader access to medical resources that help patients identify health issues anywhere and in advance and allow for better treatment options;
- Reducing per capita healthcare costs by reducing the cost of healthcare that also helps providers of all sizes to be more competitive in a rapidly evolving sector.
One additional objective is to improve the daily work life of doctors, researchers, and healthcare professionals. Today's technological solutions can help not only improve the patient care process but also lighten the burden of "healthcare professionals" by assisting them in manual activities that require time and - where possible - automating repetitive tasks that can lead to human error.
For example, applications of artificial intelligence are already a reality in specific clinical fields, particularly to support diagnosis, but ongoing developments concern the use of AI to adapt therapeutic choices to the clinical status and to optimize the medical time dedicated to the patient. In addition to improving diagnosis and its level of detail, AI systems also have significant implications in terms of fewer incorrect diagnoses, selection of the most appropriate treatment, and reduction of waste (often unnecessary but performed exams, therefore avoidable).
TDE aims to indirectly achieve all the objectives mentioned above: through its technological innovations, it helps organizations, companies, research centers, academies, and foundations to create medical equipment, develop software, and implement infrastructure solutions that push for a modernization of a new approach to healthcare and life sciences, capable of making patients' and healthcare professionals' experiences more intelligent, distributed, and personalized.
- Intelligence because the "digitization" of healthcare makes complete patient information more easily available to medical professionals who need it. Artificial intelligence allows automated systems to assist in time-consuming activities such as evaluating medical scans for anomalies and monitoring patients' vital signs. By improving operational and clinical workflows and integrating data sources, medical professionals can make more informed decisions
- Distributed in the sense that patient care is no longer limited to hospitals and medical offices. Technological advancements allow for alternatives, such as home monitoring, to help patients manage chronic illnesses or undergo rehabilitative therapies in the comfort of a familiar environment. Distributed care approaches also help reduce costs by reducing the need for hospitalizations, while improving patient engagement and satisfaction.
- Personalized because precision health and advanced analysis allow for a more customized treatment plan. By collecting and integrating data such as patient medical records, demographic data, and genetic profiles, medical professionals gain a more complete understanding of each patient's needs.
In your organization and based on your experience, what are the major critical issues and technological and infrastructural improvements that can be made within a healthcare ecosystem that must move towards new models?
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