How can we deliver health care?
Health care delivery example # 1 Mobile apps
Cardiac rhythm
Blood pressure. Oxygen. Temperature.
Glucose sensor
Ultrasound
Calories intake Sleep
http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_topol_the_wireless_future_of_medicine.html
Health care delivery example # 2 Outdoor fitness equipment
http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2015/12/outdoor-exercise-equipment-parks-detroit/421017/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17818223
http://www.zurichvitaparcours.ch/
http://www.nzz.ch/hintergrund/reportagen/sport_in_pekings_park_1.785960.html
Beijing, China
Further inspiration http://www.opengym.co.uk/ https://youtu.be/e9BP0Xeu_8I https://youtu.be/wrG2UGGCHss
Health care delivery example # 3 Document sharing technology
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/
Sources https://drive.google.com/ https://www.dropbox.com/
Health care delivery example # 4
In Estonia, patients can
Skype with doctors. https://e-estonia.com/case_studie/healthy-lives-better-lives/
Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Estonia-2065827
Health care delivery example # 5 Phone
In Tanzania, healthcare workers in remote areas
send photos via phone to medical experts in a specialized clinic. Trained doctors will then be able to review the image immediately and text the diagnosis back to the health worker, as well as give instructions about treatment. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/23/tech/africa-health-innovation/index.html
People feel more comfortable, when
nurses respond to emergency calls. http://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/article4553367.ece
Health care delivery example # 6
For Twitter, there are several advantages including: open access, brevity of the messages, ability to add links and images, the ability to use hashtags, and the fact that many MDs now use the platform.
Miguel Perales M.D. Oncologist. https://twitter.com/DrMiguelPerales
Doctors were originally teachers. So I am a teacher first, and a repair person second. Dr. Walter Bortz.
http://fora.tv/2009/12/08/Next_Medicine_Saving_US_Healthcare#fullprogram
Stronger integration and dedicated collaboration are viewed by most stakeholders within healthcare as the most effective and sustainable package of measures suitable for guaranteeing the high quality and economy of healthcare in the future. http://www.fmc.ch/uploads/tx_templavoila/UEbersicht_MC-Entwicklung_CH_Maerz_2011.pdf
Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Twitter-for-education-2243736
Health care delivery example # 7 Blogs
Sources http://curetogether.com/ http://www.dlife.com/ http://www.diabeticconnect.com/ http://e-patients.net/ http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/ http://www.myhealthstory.me/ http://www.patientslikeme.com/ http://www.webmd.com/ http://www.patienttranslations.com/
Online communities such as https://www.patientslikeme.com/ allow people with common problems and disparate experiences to share knowledge in ways that the health-care system normally doesn’t enable. Sources http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00020?pg=all http://images.fastcompany.com/health-care/FC_FutureofHealthcare.pdf
“It’s really literally saved my life, just to be able to connect with other people,” said Sean Fogerty, 50, who has multiple sclerosis, is recovering from brain cancer and spends 1½ hours each night talking with other patients online. http://ajnoffthecharts.com/2010/03/25/online-social-networks-for-chronic-illness-time-for-providers-to-take-them-seriously/
Further inspiration http://www.blogger.com/ http://www.wordpress.com/ http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/11-advantages-of-using-a-blog-for-teaching/
Health care delivery example # 8 Chat technologies
Sources https://pager.com/ https://www.whatsapp.com/
Hi doctor, what about sending reminder messages and/or motivation messages to patient's phones? http://www.physorg.com/news185467439.html
People trying to quit smoking are twice as likely to succeed when they get mobilephone text messages to encourage them.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/texts-messages-helping-smokers-quit/story-e6frg6so-1226084704852
https://www.text4baby.org/ offers free text messages about baby health and parenting.
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/opportunities_in_mobile_health/
Health care delivery example # 9 Other Internet portals where doctors help
Sources https://www.deindoktor.ch/ https://www.dred.com/ https://getheal.com/ http://www.healthgrades.com/ https://www.sundhed.dk/ https://www.zocdoc.com/
Further inspiration http://sense.ly/
Health care delivery example # 10 Pharmacies
Hรถrning, an innovative pharmacy in Berne, Switzerland
http://www.medinside.ch/de/post/79085300-2819-4dc2-a57a-d22ddfb5d4f4
4 advantages of pharmacies # 1: Trust. # 2: Access. # 3: Skills and services. # 4: Cost. Research shows that pharmacy-based retail clinics can often treat patients at a lower cost than physicians’ offices could for the same conditions. http://www.strategy-business.com/article/10103?pg=all
One approach for the pharmacy of the future is to build retail health centers that focus on healthy and at-risk individuals and that deliver a range of health and wellness services, such as health risk assessments, counselling, smoking cessation programs, and ongoing tracking of risk factors. http://www.strategy-business.com/article/10103?pg=all
Health care delivery example # 11 Local health clinics
http://www.laastari.fi/en/
http://www.containers2clinics.org/
Patients in remote areas of Thailand could not afford to travel to clinics in an urban setting. So Dr. Therdchai Jivacate, the Protheses Foundation of Thailand, re-invented the delivery model by making highly-efficient mobile clinics and satellite workshops in local areas. https://hbr.org/2012/04/saving-and-improving-lives-for
Health care delivery example # 12 Home care
Sources https://www.betreut.ch/ https://www.care.com/ http://www.spitex.ch/
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/03/rethinking-care-delivery-payment-models-nimble-medicine.html
Further inspiration
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141025094435-6099884-buurtzorg
Health care delivery example # 13 Hospitals
Sources https://twitter.com/GZO_Spital https://twitter.com/hirslanden https://twitter.com/inselspitalbern https://twitter.com/SMaennedorf https://twitter.com/spitaluster https://twitter.com/stadtspitalwaid
Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ideas-for-hospitals-1431775
Health care delivery example # 14 Ambulances
http://www.spitalzollikerberg.ch/
https://www.rega.ch/
Doctors would like to have the possibility of literally moving the hospital to the patient’s driveway. For that to happen, we need high-tech ambulances.
http://www.berlingske.dk/i-laegens-haender/laeger-brug-pengene-paa-laegevagten-og-ambulancer
http://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/article2004323.ece