Top Healthcare Trends 2018

Whatdohealthcareleaderssee ahead?

HealthManagement.orgspoke tohealthcareleadersonthe futureofthe sector.TheconsensusisArtificialIntelligence(AI),leadershiptraining,populationhealth,cross-collaborationand developmentofvalue-basedhealthcarewilllead progressinhealthcare.

Prof.LluísDonosoBach

Editor-in-ChiefImaging,HealthManagement.org

"Thereareanumberof trendsIseebecomingmore important for imagingin2018.Futureradiologists willbecome imaginginformationexpertsandthere willbeanincreaseinopportunitiesandchallenges ofmachine learninginourprofession. Itwillalso beinterestingtowatchthe radiologyworkforcein the eraofartificialintelligenceandimage-guided therapy.Theroleofquantitativeimagingin treatmentplanningandtheroleofimaging invalue- based healthcaresystemsarealsoworthwatchinginadditiontoradiology’simpactonpopulationhealth.

ChristianLovis
Editor-in-ChiefIT, HealthManagement.org

“For2018 Iwouldsaythat wewill see anexplosion of AI  inthefield ofimage recognition,embedded in currenttoolsas decision support. ew businessmodels,suchasZebra whichuses  data  frommillions of scanstocatch misdiagnosed diseases andearly-stagecancerswill alsobecome moreprominent.I also see consolidation oflarge groups as newplayers,such as Telecom/ Mobile/Fitnessin GermanyorFood Supply/Insurance/Fitness/Mobile Doctorsin Switzerland.Wecansee this with Amazon, Apple and Google tooofcourse butthese otherexampleswillput increasingpressure on traditional players. Precision medicinewillbecomeahuge driver for data-drivenscienceinlifesciences andmedicine. Data willincreasingly becomethenewcurrencyinhealth, andcitizen,patientsandcare providerswillfurtherchallenge open datamovementsthatwillslowlyfail becauseofthe profit-driven models behind data-driven technologies(such asAI). I amcertainthatembeddedsystems willincrease androboticsforsurgerywillslow downdespite increasingprecisionintelemanipulation becauseoffailingtoshowreal benefitinoutcomes/costsinmany cases. Initial Coin Offerings(ICO) andblockchains willhavearemarkablepeakthesefewnextyears,but Ifearthat itwilltakewaylongerto reallyprovideusage  inhealth.Finally, of course,patient/citizen communitieswillgrow.”

MichaelE.Porter                             Robert S. Kaplan

HarvardBusinessSchool               Harvard Business School

“Value based healthcare is penetrating rapidly across many countries, and in peer-reviewed medical literature. national health systems are embracing value-based healthcare as  their strategic framework. More providers are moving to integrated practice units to care for conditions and at-risk populations such as poor-elderly, frail-elderly, and opiate-addicted patients. The international Consortium for health outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are collaborating to expand adoption of standardised outcome measurement for selected conditions across the developed world. Corporations and regional governments, such as Washington State in the US, are increasing their use of value-based bundled payments to contract directly with provider “centres of excellence” for comprehensive care of patients with acute and chronic conditions."

JosepPicas
EuropeanAssociationof HealthcareITManagers, President

"Thereisaglobalconsensus about the need forcollaborationbetween healthcare andsocial services.Ifwe aretalking aboutintegrated carethis development isabsolutely imperative.But  ifdigitalisationinhealthcarehasevolvedslowly,in thesocial services thistechnologyisjustat thebeginning. Thehopeisnecessitywillpushadvances hard.It isnot going  tobe  easy, butwecan see some interesting andhopeful signs: preventive modelling onvulnerability,fragilityandskillednursingfacilities readmissions aresome  examplesamongstothers.”

SherryPolhill

AassociateVP,
Hospital LabsandRespiratoryCare, UABMedicine

“There will be more emphasis ondeveloping leadership in healthcare. Ihaveseen this in myday-to-daywork.In2015,I started aLeadershipSchool for employees interested ingetting intomanagement.Therewas aneed  todevelop leaders so I took on theresponsibilityto teachtalentedpeople inthelab environment. The curriculum provides introductory sessions on lab finance and quality and information systems followedbyleadershipskillsdevelopmentcovering topicssuch as communication,emotional intelligence andhowtomanage stress  forexample.Anotherexcitingaspect isforcurrent supervisorsandabove. It was evident that current leaders need to remain flexible and effectively manage all sorts of complex changes for the future. The vision includes preventing burnout, sharpening leadership skills, and helping people develop their potential."