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Modern Home Care: A Glimpse into the Future of Patient-Centered Healthcare Systems

In: The Future Circle of Healthcare

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  • Horst Kunhardt

    (Deggendorf Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Today, we already have many technologies that could contribute to a sustainably oriented healthcare system in which patients are at the center of the care processes. Advances in human genome sequencing and personalized therapies for serious diseases, AI-based drug development, robotic surgery, and digital networking are already possible and in use today. What is missing so far is a continuum of care that extends from a person’s home, place of work, and outdoor time to the doctor’s office, clinic, rehabilitation center, and nursing home. Our current healthcare system is still too fragmented and operates in different sectors that are poorly coordinated. Managed care is a methodical and practical approach that could address this lack of interconnectedness and enable a user- or patient-centered system. The first step toward this is continuity of data from the different settings. This chapter will look at a possible future in which networking and data continuity is already a reality and then, starting from that endpoint, show the milestones reached so far and discuss what is still needed to achieve a patient-centered healthcare system that works proactively.

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  • Horst Kunhardt, 2022. "Modern Home Care: A Glimpse into the Future of Patient-Centered Healthcare Systems," Future of Business and Finance, in: Sepehr Ehsani & Patrick Glauner & Philipp Plugmann & Florian M. Thieringer (ed.), The Future Circle of Healthcare, pages 251-261, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:fuobcp:978-3-030-99838-7_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-99838-7_13
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