Developing the healthcare of the future

The future of healthcare lies in using information to create more personalised care. This can then increase access, drive up quality and control costs more.

For many years, the trends in healthcare have looked unsustainable. Ageing populations mean more people need care, while a declining workforce means fewer people to pay for, and actually deliver, that care.

At the same time, there has been an inexorable rise in the costs of care as a result of increases in the number of long-term conditions and from advances in medicine.

Up to now it has been possible to absorb these costs incrementally. However, that has meant that either a significant proportion of the population loses access to care for all but emergency procedures, or access to treatments is rationed.

There is now a growing political will across the world to address some fundamental issues in healthcare, with a recognition that the solution lies in far reaching reforms that will fundamentally change the relationships between key factors.

To meet these challenges, the healthcare sector needs to:

• ensure productivity rises significantly to avoid unaffordable healthcare

• harness technology to manage and modify medication, monitor compliance and trigger reimbursement

• adopt new approaches to risk and return

• empower people to manage their own health and wellness

• transform healthcare delivery from volume of care to quality of care.

News update

PA's Proteus Duxbury is speaking on Health Information at the Inaugural Digital Medical Office of the Future, Las Vegas, NV

PA attending the US HealthMart10 Conference and Trade Show on "How to achieve meaningful use"  Worcester, MA.

About PA in Healthcare

PA Consulting Group has broad expertise across many different aspects of healthcare provision, including technology development and delivery and consulting services for life science companies, as well as supporting the health sector in the delivery of care. To find out more about our expertise, click on one of the links below.

• public sector health

• commercial strategy

• regulatory compliance

• drug discovery     

• drug delivery

• research and development

• medical devices design and development

• supply chain and manufacturing.
  

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