2030 The Future Of Medicine Avoiding A Medical Meltdown

Author : Richard Barker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019960066X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 2030 - The Future of Medicine written by Richard Barker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last couple of years, the credit crunch has driven a near-collapse of the world's financial systems. With the benefit of hindsight, many say this could have been predicted and avoided. Over the next 10-20 years, healthcare is headed for its own meltdown: an inability to fund the growth in demand and the appearance of costly new medical technology within the current healthcare systems framework. This 'meltdown' will not be as sudden as that in the world of finance: it will occur over the next 20 years, but the failure of the current sources of healthcare funding to meet our expectations of care quantity and quality will have consequences every bit as serious as the banking crisis. The warning signs are there, the crisis is already being predicted - but is it inevitable, or can it be avoided? This book offers a penetrating analysis of the underlying problems, and offers some simple, but far-reaching solutions to bring supply and demand back into balance and avoid the meltdown. It is not a contribution to the current political debate but a primer for the changes to the underlying fabric of healthcare if reforms such as Obamacare have any chance of sustainable success. In the course of the book, we confront many topical challenges: How can people be persuaded to manage their own health better?; Can we afford to spend more of today's money on disease prevention and detection, to save future costs?; Will 'personalised medicine' be cheaper, or more expensive?; Are healthcare IT systems a key part of the solution or doomed to be expensive white elephants?; and most importantly: What will the future of healthcare look like, for us and for our children and grandchildren? To bring the answers to this final question alive, the book uses a fictitious family, the Carters, to illustrate the changes we will see, the dilemmas we will face and the solutions we must strive for. Interspersed between the text are the vignettes of members of the family, their diseases and treatments and how change has affected each of their lives.

Author : Richard Barker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 2030 - The Future of Medicine written by Richard Barker and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 2030. What are the new technologies that have advanced healthcare? What are the new or strengthened demands placed on the healthcare systems of the world? Is the future affordable, or do we see drastic rationing of care or the collapse of healthcare insurance?This book tackles these questions, and provides some answers. It does not shrink from the uncomfortable challenges that lie ahead, as demand surges and new technologies add to the strain. It lays out ten levers that stand a fighting chance of closing the healthcare equation, of balancing supply and demand. But these levers require r.

Author : Michael R. McGuire
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781980589334
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Medicine 2030 written by Michael R. McGuire and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will medicine be like in the future? The author, an accomplished medical business analyst, software developer and medical system implementer as well as a patient advocate, draws on his years of experience in healthcare to offer an ideal view of medicine in 2030. His ideas will assist physicians in doing their job, particularly in the new ways they will need to work in the future, without increasing their burden and while protecting patient medical information from misuse.In the future's highly improved version of today's medical industry, a patient's complete medical information will be available to all physicians caring for the patient including a complete list of medications. Detailed summarized disease histories for all patients including outcomes of their medical treatments will make it possible to pick the best possible interventions for other patients, and accountability will be improved by keeping complete records on medical successes and failures of caregivers. Suggestions are made for support of anticipated changes in the practice of medicine including the increase in use of personalized medicine and of the genome. These and many other common-sense, but never utilized solutions to the problems plaguing medicine today make this book a must-read for doctors, patients and all those in the medical community.

Author : Pierre A. Morgon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319125265
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Development for the Healthcare Industry written by Pierre A. Morgon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the dynamics of sustainable development in the healthcare industry, covering all major aspects, including R&D, manufacturing, regulation, market access, commercialization, and general management. Healthcare markets are evolving under demographic and economic pressures. In mature markets, patients navigate complex systems with limited control on healthcare quality and outcomes, while in developing markets, patients have limited awareness, access, and ability to pay for healthcare. The industry needs to identify which business targets are genuinely attractive for major or new investments. At the same time, development of new products and services must be tackled within the context of environmental sustainability. Rather than focusing on the traditional issues of innovation, cost management, and commercial effectiveness associated with growth, the authors explore such emerging topics as: The mutations of innovation management The need to foster patient-centricity along the entire value chain of the healthcare industry and company-wide Issues related to improving healthcare access and disease management The allocation of educational resources focused on the patient to increase the effectiveness of disease management The preservation of natural resources and the environmental effect of pollution and hazards created by the handling of pharmaceutical products Issues related to the size of medical need and/or market demand The private-public partnerships necessary to address the full spectrum of public health issues, from basic patient access to care to managing global health crises The required organizational and governance evolutions for the healthcare industry to maintain profitability and sustainable growth. Featuring contributions from leading academics and industry insiders with emphasis on environmental, economically, and socially sustainable practices, the authors present a unique, multi-faceted set of perspectives on this vital and rapidly evolving field.

Author : Olinda Timms
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 8131244164
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bio-Medical Ethics - E-Book written by Olinda Timms and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bio-Medical Ethics - E-Book

Author : Richard Barker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019105769X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bioscience - Lost in Translation? written by Richard Barker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical innovation as it stands today is fundamentally unsustainable. There is a widening gap between what biomedical research promises and the impact that it is currently achieving, in terms of patient benefit and health system improvement. This book highlights the global problem of the ineffective translation of bioscience innovation into health system improvements and its consequences, analyses the underlying causative factors and provides powerful prescriptions for change to close the gap. It contrasts the progress in biomedicine with other areas of scientific and technological endeavour, such as information technology, in which there are faster and more reliable returns for society. The author's career has spanned pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and health informatics and he draws lessons from a host of case examples in which bottlenecks have prevented progress, such as in dementia and antibiotic-resistant infections, and from many in which these barriers have been overcome, such as HIV therapy and targeted cancer treatment. The new era of precision medicine holds the greatest promise of closing this 'innovation gap'. Along with techniques such as open innovation and adaptive development, powerful new genomics and digital health tools are poised to transform the productivity of life sciences. Bioscience-Lost in Translation? lays out a fresh and provocative strategy for advancing the innovation process, shaping the right policy environment and building an ecosystem to deliver the 21st century cures that are urgently needed.

Author : Lynnette R. Ferguson
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439876819
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics in Functional Foods and Personalized Nutrition written by Lynnette R. Ferguson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While functional foods have become a reasonably well-established concept, personalized nutrition is still treated with skepticism by many. The recognition that people would have different nutrient requirements, or perceive foods in different ways, raises several concerns-some real, some not so real. Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics in Functional Foo

Author : Constantine Stephanidis
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030599876
Total Pages : 623 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers: Digital Human Modeling and Ergonomics, Mobility and Intelligent Environments written by Constantine Stephanidis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, which was held in July 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for publication in the HCII 2020 proceedings before the conference took place. In addition, a total of 333 papers and 144 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference as “Late Breaking Work” (papers and posters). These contributions address the latest research and development efforts in the field and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The 42 late breaking papers presented in this volume were organized in topical sections as follows: HCI in Automotive; Interaction in Intelligent Environments; and Digital Human Modeling and Ergonomics.

Author : Olinda Timms
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 8131259668
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biomedical Ethics written by Olinda Timms and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each chapter focuses on a single area in a simple narrative. Illustrative case reports and case studies of ethical dilemmas are provided with points for reflection/discussion. In step with the curriculum in Medical Ethics already established in several medical colleges. The chapters can be used to develop modules in a medical ethics program. Additional resources (titles of relevant films, readings, and references) are provided. The chapters have been linked to the AETCOM modules for easy reference, providing content for teaching modules. This book provides the resource to create teaching modules in medical ethics. In this way, the book compliments the AETCOM modules and can be used to develop teaching-learning sessions.

Author : Colin Mason
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136555110
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 2030 Spike written by Colin Mason and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clock is relentlessly ticking! Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course with potentially catastrophic consequences. In the face of both doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason cuts through the rhetoric and reams of conflicting data to muster the evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is, and our possible futures. Ultimately his message is clear; we must act decisively, collectively and immediately to alter the trajectory of humanity away from catastrophe. Offering over 100 priorities for immediate action, The 2030 Spike serves as a guidebook for humanity through the treacherous minefields and wastelands ahead to a bright, peaceful and prosperous future in which all humans have the opportunity to thrive and build a better civilization. This book is powerful and essential reading for all people concerned with the future of humanity and planet earth.